Adelina Lowry, MD, APM
Q. Name one thing you learned in the course that surprised you.
A. I learned the criteria to quantify the range of impact of a pavement treatment on the PCI, based on the life span of the treatment
Q. What two pieces of knowledge/tactics from the APM certification course are you most likely to use in your job?
A. More than two items:
• Propose the paving coring at the project level to validate the road treatment recommended by the decision tree (PCI vs Treatment)
• Propose a new pavement investment strategy:
* 20 % budget – pavement preservation
* 60 % budget – pavement rehabilitation
* 20 % budget – pavement reclamation/recycling
• Evaluate the performance over time of the existing pilot samples of HA5 applied to sections of subdivision roads of different ages
Wayne McField, APM
Q. Name one thing you learned in the course that surprised you.
A. MORE about FDR and pavement treatments and timing.
Q. What two pieces of knowledge/tactics from the APM certification course are you most likely to use in your job?
A. All of it. It is very informative.
Jeremy Lucero, PE, APM
Q. Name one thing you learned in the course that surprised you.
A. I was surprised to learn that lime could be used to mitigate the swell potential of clays.
Q. What two pieces of knowledge/tactics from the APM certification course are you most likely to use in your job?
A. Lime as a swell mitigation technique and possibly cement in CIP.
Luis Padilla, APM
Q. Name one thing you learned in the course that surprised you.
A. The fact that there are still so many out there that wont take action to make necessary improvements to their roadways.
Q. What two pieces of knowledge/tactics from the APM certification course are you most likely to use in your job?
A. Application process/material usage and when
Brian Boder PE, APM
Q. Name one thing you learned in the course that surprised you.
A. There are more tools in the proverbial tool bag than I expected.
Q. What two pieces of knowledge/tactics from the APM certification course are you most likely to use in your job?
A. Managing pavements works and continue experimenting with different techniques and materials
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