Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) – Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) Innovation Industry Day Background The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) mission is to enable and empower the strengthening of a world-class highway system that promotes safety, mobility, and economic growth, while enhancing the quality of life of all Americans. Within FHWA, Federal Lands Highways (FLH) is enabled and entrusted to administer many different programs and types of funds to facilitate transportation improvements for our many Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA) Partners such as: the National Park Service (NPS); USDA Forest Service (FS); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Tribal Governments; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Department of Defense (DOD); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). What FLH Does? Since the early 1900's, FLH has assisted its FLMA partners in the design and construction of aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sensitive highway and bridge projects. This includes the original planning, design and construction of many roads and bridges within our National Parks and National Forests. FLH delivers projects through strong project management from inception to completion, working closely and coordinating constantly with our partners to facilitate delivery. To ensure successful delivery, FLH must apply innovative and diverse solutions to the unique projects we undertake. Context sensitivity, a design philosophy ingrained in our culture, is critical to meeting the unique missions, values and needs of our partners and the public. The FLH works with its partners to build roads and bridges that meet the transportation community's standards while balancing, respecting and protecting the resources in which they are located. FLH Vision To be the partner of choice to FLMAs and Tribes. We will implement innovative transportation solutions that provide access to and through public lands. FLH Mission Improving transportation to and within Federal and Tribal Lands by providing technical services to the highway/transportation community, as well as building accessible and scenic roads that ensure the many national treasures, within our Federal Lands, can be enjoyed by all. Within FLH, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) serves the transportation engineering needs of FLMAs in 31 eastern states including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. EFLHD actively administers the survey, design, and construction of FLMAs roads and bridges. In addition, EFLHD provides traffic monitoring services, the road inventory program, asset management, pavement management systems, and bridge inspection services throughout the United States and territories. Invitation/Notice EFLHD cordially invites interested companies to virtually present innovative transportation products, solutions, techniques, tools or processes in the following areas: Geotechnical Pavements Hydraulics Safety and Traffic Survey and Mapping Utilities Highway Design Construction Materials Bridge: Design, Inspection or Management Road Inventory Environment Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Time: 8:00am – 4:15pm Platform: Microsoft Teams How to apply? To apply via email, please submit a maximum of three (3) pages write up describing the company, the innovative transportation product, solution, technique, tool or process; and how it will benefit EFLHD’s projects by Friday, November 5, 2021 by 2:00 PM EST to
[email protected] with the subject “Application for the EFLHD Innovation Industry Day” attention to Kaela Mattson. Applications will be reviewed and selected by a panel. Selectees will be notified on Friday November 11, 2021. Important details about the event: Presenters will have 30 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes for questions and/or discussion. We have other presenters the same day, to be respectful of everyone’s time, please make sure the presentation, questions and/or discussion doesn’t extend more than 45 minutes and log in 10 minutes prior to your assign time. Agenda with more details will be provided. Selectees are expected to send a copy of the presentation in a PDF format by Friday, November 19, 2021 to
[email protected] for approval with the subject “Presentation for the EFLHD Innovation Industry Day” and be available for a dry run before the event. Your audience will be EFLHD staff (subject matter experts in the areas mentioned in the invitation/notice section above) willing to learn new innovative ways to complete projects faster and more efficient without affecting quality and saving money. Presenter cannot attend others company’s presentations. Questions about the event can be send to
[email protected] with the subject “Questions about the EFLHD Innovation Industry Day”.