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NPHQ Newsletter (Winter 2008)
This newsletter provides highlights from NPHQ's November, 2007 Conference held in San Diego, CA; announces the resigning the NPHQ charter (National Policy on the Quality of Highways) on NPHQ program's 15th anniversary; and reports the winners of the NPHQ 2007 National Achievement Awards. It also contains information on the Call for Nominations for the 2008 Making A Difference Awards, the date and location of NPHQ's 2008 Annual Conference, the Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council, on line training opportunities through FHWA's National Highway Institute. and NPHQ's web conference on State Quality Partnerships being planned for this year.
2007 National Achievement Award
At its 2007 Annual Conference held November 13-14, NPHQ announced the winners in the competition for the 2007 National
Achievement Award. The nominated projects all delivered exemplary quality for the taxpayer investment. The innovative
practices of the seventeen 2007 nominations were showcased in NPHQ's Award video shown at the conference luncheon.
Click here for a press release summarizing the winners projects.
Click on a nomination below for a summary of the accomplishments of each project.
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2007 National Achievement Award Winners
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Special Recognition for a Structure Project
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Special Recognition for a Small Project
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Gold Level Winners
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State Winners
Call for Nominations
NPHQ issues Call for Nomination for the 2008 Making A Difference Awards. Please note that a new category, Work Force Training, has been added. Nominations must be received by May 5, 2008. Click here to review the Call for Nominations or to download a copy.
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Fall 2007 Conference
NPHQ announces its Fall, 2007 Highway Quality Conference in San Diego, CA on November 13-14. See Announcement, Preliminary Agenda, and Registration Form. Come network with your colleagues from public highway agencies and industry and learn about successes that you can use in your organization.
Register for the conference and make your hotel room reservation today.
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NPHQ Newsletter (Fall 2007)
Inside this issue, you will find the latest information on the NPHQ Fall, 2007 Conference and a conference registration form, a Highways for Life success story related to pavement smoothness, and information on the new technologies being promoted by AASHTO's Technology Implementation Group (TIG).
NPHQ Releases New Informational Brochure.
Click here to read or download.
NPHQ
Newsletter (Spring 2007)
This issue features new Steering Committee members, the accomplishments of the major winners of the NPHQ 2006 Making A Difference Awards, and the Call for Nominations for the NPHQ 2007 National Achievement Award.
2006 Making a Difference Award Videos
NPHQ has released its 2006 Making a Difference Awards video. Click here for highlights.
AASHTO Standing Committee on Quality 2007 Meeting Set for St. Louis, MO
Indiana Officials Sign Transportation Quality Charter
InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report
3/6/2007 10:50:01 AM
Officials this morning signed the Indiana Partnership for Transportation Quality Charter at the 2007 Purdue Road School. The charter is a cooperative effort by the state's highway industry to keep the roads and highways safe and improve the long-term performance and durability of the state's transportation system. It also will create a program to recognize quality achievement.
Source: Inside Indiana Business
Michigan Creates Quality Partnership To Improve Road Construction Industry
The Michigan Department of Transportation recently formed a partnership between the agency and the private construction community to improve highway quality delivered by construction. The effort will begin with increased training for highway workers. For detailed information, choose a file below.
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Highways for Life
NPHQ is pleased to add FHWA's Highways for Life to the NPHQ About Us/Related Sites page. The Highways for Life program is included and funded under the SAFETEA-LU Act. The program's goals are to improve safety, reduce congestion due to construction, and improve highway quality. Demonstration construction projects, technology transfer, technology partnerships, dissemination of information, monitoring and evaluation of program accomplishments, and stakeholder input and involvement are key components of this program. To learn more about this program and the opportunities available through it, please visit the Highways for Life web site.
America's roadway program is in the midst of a transformation.
Leading the revolution are partnerships of officials, contractors,
engineers, community members, and others who have embraced the idea
that an emphasis on quality - from design, to construction, to delivery
and performance - produces the best possible return on the nation's
roadway investment.
The National Partnership for Highway
Quality exists to lead this highway quality movement.
So what do we mean by “quality?”
The word “quality” signals customer-focused roadway
projects. And who is the customer? Not a contractor or a government
official, but, you, the roadway user.
A “quality” project brings all stakeholders to the
table – from roadway professionals to local citizens and businesses
– to plan, coordinate, and carry out a roadway construction
or maintenance project so that it delivers the maximum return on
the public’s investment.
Through a commitment to the principles of quality management, even
the most complex roadway projects are routinely delivered on budget,
on time – in fact, often well ahead of schedule -- and with
minimum negative impact on all concerned.
That’s why “quality” is recognized by the federal
government, state departments of transportation, roadway contractors,
and local stakeholders as the future of the American road.
Why is “quality” such a big deal now?
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