Environmental Sustainability & Engineering Resources

Papers & Presentations

There has been great interest in using the concept of sustainability in the transportation decision-making process since the development of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program in 1998. The World Bank has developed a Sustainable-Environmental Road Transportation Guidance Document (Guidance Document) as a decision making tool for road systems in Latin America, the Caribbean and other developing countries. The objective of the Guidance Document is to develop a sustainability rating system tool that can be used by all World Bank representatives and borrower team members for transportation planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Plant and Weed Management (2049 KB)

TerraLogic and team member Colorado Cartographics, LLC provided the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Weed Manager a presentation on UAV technologies and right of way applications. Right of way applications include noxious weed management that can reduce the amount of herbicide applied by implementing spot spraying applications versus broadcast spraying. The use of specific multi spectral sensors and GIS interface is critical to UAV applications.

Improving Environmental Sustainability in Road Projects (1557 KB)

TerraLogic was contracted by the World Bank in April 2013 to develop a guidance document entitled Sustainable-Environmental Road Transportation Guidance Document (Guidance Document). This Guidance Document was recently published by the World Bank under the title Improving Environmental Sustainability in Road Projects. TerraLogic’s Art Hirsch was the co-author of the document along with subcontractor Howard Schirmer (Transnational Associates, Inc.).

2015 Assessment of CDOT Revegetation Practices for Highway Construction Sites(7633 KB)

2014 International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure Session 223 (6539 KB)

Impacts and Mitigation Strategies for Solar Array Systems Within Highway Right of Way Areas

2014 International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (5531 KB)

Climate Change Based Risk Management Approaches Used On Transportation System Assets By: Arthur H. Hirsch and Benjamin E. Kunstman

Climate Change Risk Management for Infrastructure – Presentation (4082 KB)

Presentation at 2014 Transportation Research Board- ADC 60 Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Workshop-New York

2014 Climate Change Risk Management Approaches (703 KB)

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Risk Based Management Approaches Used on Transportation Assets By: Arthur H. Hirsch and Benjamin E. Kunstman

ENVISION- Management Utilization for Water Projects (7142 KB)

2013 ADC Committee Solar Array Systems Summer Workshop (3671 KB)

Transportation Research Board ADC-60 2013 Summer Workshop Pittsburgh, PA Energy Generation Within Highway Right of Way Areas

American Council of Engineering Companies; Envision Infrastructure Rating System Pilot Study in Colo (4213 KB)

TerraLogic Sustainable Solution (TerraLogic) in coordination with Transnational Associates, Inc. provided a presentation to the Colorado Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) about the application of the new sustainability rating system for infrastructure projects called Envision. In a cooperative study between the state chapters of ACEC, ASCE and APWA, Envision was pilot tested on four types of infrastructure projects; transportation, stormwater, geotechnical and envir

National Safety Rest Area Conference in Salt Lake City; Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operation (5392 KB)

TerraLogic Sustainable Solutions was asked by the National Safety Rest Area Conference to present on a topic associated with sustainability and rest area design and operations. The presentation focused upon sustainability principals, water and energy conservation, potential cost savings and pragmatic recommendations – September 18, 2012

Inter American Development Bank; Sustainability Rating Systems for Infrastructure Projects (2880 KB)

TerraLogic Sustainable Solutions (TerraLogic) in coordination with Transnational Associates, Inc. provided a brown bag technical presentation to representatives at the Inter American Development Bank in Washington, DC. The presentation focused upon sustainability based principals, transportation/infrastructure sustainability rating systems (Envision and CEEQUAL) and their implementation considerations – July 31, 2012

WASHTO Conference; Transportation Sustainability Rating Systems, Functions and Implementation Consid (1652 KB)

A sustainability based presentation was given by TerraLogic Sustainable Solutions (TerraLogic) to the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (WASHTO)about the fundamentals of transportation-sustainability based rating systems. The presentation gave an overview of current transportation ratings systems and important implementation considerations for state departments of transportation – July 10, 2012

Colorado Municipal League; Building Smart and Sustainable Public Facilities (2794 KB)

TerraLogic Sustainable Solutions’ Arthur Hirsch gave a technical presentation on the new sustainability rating system developed by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure and Harvard University called Envision. Envision is a new holistic based rating system that uses a systems based approach in identifying and measuring sustainability in infrastructure projects. The rating system is an ideal tool for clients to integrate sustainable concepts into projects and programs – June 20, 2012

Sustainable Rest Area Management Considerations 2012 (Webinar) (15346 KB)

Sustainable Rest Area Management Considerations 2012 FHWA Webinar

World Bank Sustainability Presentation (3440 KB)

Can Sustainability Rating Systems Be Used to Plan and Implement Infrastructure Projects? – January 26, 2012

Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operation 2012 (5042 KB)

Transportation Research Board Annual Conference Session 743 – January 25, 2012

Overview of Sustainability Rating System Trends in Transportation (863 KB)

Transportation Research Board Annual Conference Session 449 – January 23, 2012

Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operation 2011 (4376 KB)

Transportation Research Board – 2011 Waste Management and Resource Efficiency Workshop, Portland, Oregon – July 26, 2011

Sustainable Sediment Control Action Plan Strategies for Winter Highway Maintenance (7438 KB)

Transportation Research Board – 2011 Waste Management and Resource Efficiency Workshop – Portland, Oregon – July 26, 2011

Evaluating New York GreenLITES for CDOT Projects (Presentation) (3231 KB)

Presentation to Colorado Department of Transportation Environmental Programs Branch

2011 National Association of Environmental Professionals – Integration of Sustainable Highway Design (2734 KB)

National Environmental Association of Environmental Professionals- Session #29 Integration of Sustainable Highway Design Using the GreenLITES Process – April 29, 2011

2011 National Association of Environmental Professionals – Sustainable Rest Areas(4227 KB)

National Association of Environmental Professionals Session #28 – Sustainable Rest Areas – April 29, 2011

2011 National Association of Environmental Professionals – Green Careers Seminar (725 KB)

National Association of Environmental Professionals – Green Careers Seminar – April 27, 2011

2010 TRB Presentation (Raleigh North Carolina) GreenLITES Implementation in Colorado (1132 KB)

TerrraLogic is providing sustainable design and program development coordination to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). The Project involves the ‘test driving” of the NYDOT GreenLITES Program by CDOT. The presentation provides an overview of the GreenLITES program, the CDOT implementation approach and initial observations.

2010 TRB Presentation Transportation Approaches to Sutainable Construction(5895 KB)

This presentation was developed for the TRB Summer Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. TerraLogic provided approaches that can be used to develop and implement sustainable practices during construction projects. TerraLogic identified cost effectice appraoches involving recycling and impact avoidance.

Daily Journal Article- Sustainable Construction (1274 KB)

TerraLogic was asked by McGraw Hill to develop an article about sustainability and construction activities. The emphasis behind the article discusses that sustainable actions are cost effective and may be new to construction contractors. Contractors need to be aware of upcoming sustainability requirements by clients and should develop their own internal sustainability program as a selling point.

2010 Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals (6960 KB)

Integrating Sustainability into the Design-Build Process
Design build projects have become more popular in many state departments of transportation throughout the United States. Design-build projects are known to be both cost and time efficient in comparison to typical design-bid-build projects. Design-build is a project delivery method under which a project owner executes a single contract for both architectural/engineering services and construction.

2010 Transportation Research Board Annual Conference (Full Abstract) (97 KB)

2010 Transportation Research Board Annual Conference (Presentation) (72 KB)

Sustainable Opportunities in the Design-Build Process
TerraLogic was asked to attend and provide this presentation in Washington DC on sustainable approaches for construction projectsDesign-build transportation projects have dramatically increased in popularity over the past several years throughout the United States. The increase in design-build projects has been related to shortened delivery schedules for fast track projects. The presentation at the Annual TRB Conference

2008 Colorado Department of Transportation Conference (2273 KB)

Sustainability Options for Transportation
Transportation engineers are now being asked to integrate sustainability into their system designs; many of them do not understand the sustainability concept. This presentation provides examples of actual sustainable actions that should be considered by transportation planners, designers and maintenance professionals. This topic was presented during the 2008 CDOT Transportation Conference with the main theme being sustainability.

2006 Colorado Department of Transportation Winter Environmental Conference(3238 KB)

Integrated Stormwater Concepts Towards Sustainability TerraLogic’s Art Hirsch has been frequently asked by CDOT to give presentations concerning stormwater and surface water management. These presentations cover a wide range of stormwater management issues concerning litigation, sustainability best management practices, water chemistry and integration into the NEPA process. These presentations were meant to educate transportation stormwater professionals and their management on the risks and l

2005 Water Environment Federation Annual Conference (Abstract) (7620 KB)

TMDL Impacts to High Altitude Highway Operations Wintertime highway operations can present a potential environmental impact streams receiving stormwater and snow melt drainage from highway systems. The use of traction sand by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to increase public driving safety has the potential of causing stream impairments especially in high alpine conditions. Straight Creek located on Interstate 70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel was identified by CDPHE and EPA as

Pacific Northern States Snow Conference (Abstract) (9404 KB)