Annual Maintenance Workshop

The Center’s annual maintenance workshop is held each fall at locations around Pennsylvania. The Workshop typically attracts up to 200 attendees from a variety of entities involved in low volume road maintenance. The Workshop features invited speakers, concurrent classroom sessions, and field trips to active and completed road sites to view the implementation of ESM practices.

October 8-10, 2024, Dubois – Clearfield County

A preliminary workshop agenda is summarized below. Detailed agenda and online registration will be available soon. Feel free to contact us with questions.

Tuesday October 8th – OPTIONAL

• Optional Afternoon Sessions for CDs:
  • Surveying 101: Popular survey basics class, great for beginners or new hires.
  • DGLVR Project Mapper: Learn how to make workplans and layouts for DGLVR projects.
• Informal “Icebreaker” Reception for early arrivals ~5pm

Wednesday October 9th

Morning

• Opening Session
• Concurrent Classroom Sessions: Attendees will have the opportunity to see 4 of 6 classroom sessions on a variety of field and administrative topics. Details to come in full agenda.

Afternoon: Field Trips

• Choose one of three field trip options. Trips will be repeated Thursday AM, allowing attendees to see 2 out of 3 trips:
  • Elk County: Stream Crossing & LVR diagnostic
  • Clearfield: Variety of drainage projects
  • Jefferson: Wetland issues and drainage projects

Evening:

• Vendor Reception (~5:00)
• Dinner (6:30)

Thursday October 10th

Morning: Field Trips

• Choose one of three field trip options. Trips are repeated from Wednesday PM, allowing attendees to see 2 out of 3 trips.
• Brief closing session over lunch ~1pm
• Workshop ends with lunch.

Photo Contest

Submit photos for 2025 DGLVR Calendar, photos voted on at workshop, winner receives a prize.

How to submit:

• “Before and After” project photos preferred, but in-progress or other photos welcome too.
• Submit photos, along with a brief project description (2-3 sentences or a few bullet points), to Amy Lee Pifer (alp90@psu.edu) by the end of September.

Accommodations

• Overnight accommodations at Comfort Inn- 10 Lakeside Avenue DuBois, PA 15801 (connected to the workshop venue) Phone 814-375-6028 – Cost is $145.00 per night plus tax, Group Code: Annual Maintenance Workshop.
• Overnight accommodations at the Best Western- 82 N. Park Pl, DuBois, PA 15801. Phone 814-371-6200- Cost is $104.00 per night plus tax, Group Code: Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies. Room block will be held till Friday, September 6, 2024. After that date the Group Rate is no longer valid.
  • https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.39023.html?groupId=F88AA5P4

Registration

No fax, snail mail or call-in registrations will be accepted!