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ENGINEER WINS NATIONAL
AWARD
FHWA LAUNCHES A MAJOR RESEARCH
VOLUME ROADS
PROGRAM
SCS NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
STATE CONSERVATION ENGINEERS
WASHINGTON
OFFICE
FOREST SERVICE
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NEWS
MARCH
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U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
1979
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ENGINEERING
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ENGINEER
WINS
NATIONAL
AWARD
In its first annual Presidents Award for Practical
Papers the
American Society of Photogrammetry
ASP has awarded Terry Gossard
third prize for his article Applications
of DTM in the Forest
Service.
His article was published in Photogrammetric
Engineering
and Remote Sensing December 1978.
Judging for the award was
based on practical and applied values in advancing
the state of the
art in photogrammetry.
Engineer-ing
Office
engineer on the Washington
Terry is a geometronics
Staff.
The following
three pages show copies of the letters of
congratulations Terry received from John R. McGuire Chief of the
and from Clifford J. Crandall President
Forest Service
of ASP
and a copy of the award certificate presented
at the ASP annual
meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
UNITED STATES
FOREST
SERVICE
wn
March
22
1979
F
Terry W. Gossard
Engineering Staff
Forest
Service
Mr.
L U.S.
of
Department
Agriculture
Dear Terry
While
I
was
McHail
Rex
time
of
the
the
ASP
meeting yesterday
Presidents
Congratulations
meeting.
in
at
for
the awards
award
Sorry
I
given
I
could
from
learned
to
you
not
at
get
the
there
presentation.
Sincerely
JOHN
R.
McGUIRE
Chief
6200-II
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inform
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that
you
of
you
have
Presidents
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your article Applications
Photogrammetric Engineering
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to
Third
of
in
DTM
and
been
selected
Award
the
for
the
Service
Forest
Sensing
Remote
as
Practical
December
1586.
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Award presentation
will
be
made
at
the
ASP
Annual
Business
and
Awards
Room
of the Washington
Hilton
D.
Meeting in the Lincoln
Hotel Washington
March
21 1979 convening
at 830 a.m.
We
should
Wednesday
appreciate it
if you could
come
to the room
at 800
a.m. to meet
the Officers
and
greet
the other award
winners.
Coffee
will
be available.
Please
let the ASP
know
Headquarters
in
if you
to
plan
be
at
meeting to
the
your Award
accept
person.
Again
of
let
this
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Springfield
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1979
Terry W.
Ashview
Dear
SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY
congratulate
me
Award
new
based
for
you
on
state-of-the-art in photogrammetry
practical
such
papers
as
the
being
practical
first
winner of
applied
values
we
will
and
which
hope
in
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the
advancing
stimulate
more
yours.
Cordially
Clifford
President
Crandall
J.
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FHWA
LAUNCHES
A MAJOR
RESEARCH
PROGRAM
IN
LOW
VOLUME
ROADS
Adrian PeZzner
Chief Materials Engineer
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There are over 2 million miles 3218000 km of roads in the
A wide
United States carrying fewer than 400 vehicles per day.
and
and
local
operate
manage portions
governments
array of agencies
road system.
Some but by no means all of the
of this extensive
in administering the system are State DOTs
agencies involved
counties townships and such Federal agencies as the Bureau of
The Nations
and the U. S. Forest Service.
Land Management
influenced
its
low volume road
is
well being
directly
by
and maintenance
for
the
construction
Current expenditures
system.
billion
$4
a
year.
of this road system are
socio-economic
an-nual
construc-tion
$4 billion a year is a vast sum of money it must be
Although
This sum is being spent for the
placed in perspective
As a basis
and maintenance
of over 2 million miles of roads.
is
less
than
the
of comparison
$4 billion a year
considerably
the
mile
on
42000
expenditure only for construction
67578 km Interstate Road System.
metro-politan
resources--funding
Inter-state
the Federal Government has placed great emphasis
of funds on transportation
problems in large
its
concentrated
has
The Government
research
effort--on
the
primary and
manpower and
result
of
this
As a
emphasis there is ample
Road Systems.
road
system is deteriorating at a
evidence that the low volume
maintenance
and capital improvements.
rapid rate due to lack of
the
over
There is growing concern
adequacy of local rural roads to
needs
the
Nation.
of
meet present and future
Over the years
and expenditure
areas.
ex-penditure
fund-ing
of
the importance
The Federal Highway Administration recognizing
the
has
the
of
low volume roads and
increasing inadequacy
system
initiated a massive research effort to develop new and improved
The research program calls for an
for such roads.
technology
million
to
be
obtained from several different
of $7
by
million
of the total will be committed
sources.
Nearly $5
will
take
a
direct
contract
The
FHWA under its
authority.
program
for
of
estimates
a
variety
number of years to accomplish planning
transfer workshops in three major categories
studies and technology
FY
1983.
have been made through
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STREAM
CROSSINGS
FOR
LOW
VOLUME
ROADS
-- Bridge Rehabilitation
-- Bridge Replacement
and Rehabilitation
-- Deficiencies
of Existing Low Volume Stream Crossings
-- Structural and Hydraulic
for Low Water
Considerations
Bridge Design
-- Rehabilitation
or Replacement
Decision Criteria
-- Culvert vs.
Bridge Usage Decision Criteria
-- Depressed
Structures for Crossings Over Intermittent
Streams
-- Fail-Safe Designs
-- Where Fatigue Can be Omitted From Bridge Design
-- Low-Cost Retaining Walls
SURFACES
FOR
LOW
VOLUME
ROADS
-- Defining
-- Reducing
------
Road-beds
the Low Volume Road System
the Effects of Environment
on the Utility of Low
Volume Roads
Criteria for Stabilization
of Roadbeds
Construction
and Maintenance
Practices
for Low Volume
and Surfaces
A Simplified Design Method for Low Volume Road Surfaces
Decision Criteria for Surfacing Low Volume Roads
of Low Volume Roadways
and
Planning-Stage Construction
Sur-facings
-- Special
Equipment
Needs
MATERIALS
for Construction
FOR
LOW
VOLUME
and Maintenance
ROADS
of Substandard and Waste Materials for Construction
and Maintenance
Establish Requirements of Materials for Low Volume Roads
Evaluation
of Low-Cost Materials for Use in Low Volume
Roads
of Specifications
Development
for Materials Used in Low
Volume Roads
of Low Volume Roads Materials Manual
Development
-- Survey
-----
The Federal Highway Administration has made arrangements
for the
Research
Transportation
Board
TRB to review and critique this
program of research on low volume roads.
TRB in turn has selected
a panel of engineers under the chairmanship
of Professor Eldon
Yoder of Purdue University
to evaluate the program and to provide
the necessary feedback
and critique.
The first meeting of the
panel is scheduled for the latter part of April.
One of the panel
members is Adrian Pelzner of the
Office.
Another panel
Washington
member who will also be providing a logging road perspective is
Professor Gary Hicks of Oregon State
Professor Hicks
University.
has worked closely with the Forest Service on a
variety of projects
and administrative
studies in Region 6.
6
of-fered
Needless to say the Forest Service has endorsed this program of
research on low volume roads and has offered its full support and
It is entirely possible as the program develops
that
cooperation.
We have
the Forest Service will become more deeply involved.
to make our road system available as a laboratory to test
and evaluate any appropriate
new or improved technology
resulting
from the research.
We
will
keep
you
major program
of
informed
research
future developments
regarding
low
volume
roads.
on
7
on
this
SCS
OF
STATE
NATIONAL
CONFERENCE
CONSERVATION
ENGINEERS
con-tract
Office Engineering representatives recently participated
Washington
in the Soil Conservation
Services SCS first meeting of all State
Conservation
The week-long
covered
numerous
conference
Engineers.
topics relating to issues such as internal communications A/E
review and acceptance
the engineers role and training.
The comments and concerns discussed were quite similar to those
Some of the key
generally expressed at Forest Service meetings.
issues presented
were
cer-tain
6
1.
The administrator of SCS issued Engineering Memorandum
on February
1979 requiring professional registration for
The following
is an excerpt from the directive
engineers.
6
PROFESSIONAL
REGISTRATION
SCS designs are to meet applicable requirements of
Federal State and local laws and regulations.
To
to regulatory
comply with State laws to demonstrate
agencies that SCS engineers are of proven competence
and to promote confidence
and respect of engineers
in the private
sector all State conservation
are to be registered in the State they serve.
The Head TSC Engineering Staff and the Director
Engineering Division are to be registered in at
least one State.
engi-neers
conser-vation
registra-tion
A new State conservation
engineer is to be given a
reasonable
time to become registered.
State
engineers presently in position are encouraged
to obtain registration
even though they are exempt
from this requirement by Civil Service regulations.
In addition it is SCS policy to encourage
of other engineers
and
landscape architects
of engineering
geologists and certification
tech-nicians.
as-sistance
In the past SCS has monitored operation
2.
and maintenance
of
all SCS-assisted
dams in accordance
with PL 534 and PL 566 for only
3 years
after dam construction
was completed.
were made
Exceptions
if another agency or the local sponsors
specifically
requested
for additional lengths of time.
This 3-year policy has
been dropped.
At this time SCS State offices should be in the
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mainte-nance
schedule for periodic
a continuing
process of developing
dams.
The change in policy
inspection for all SCS-assisted
reflects Forest Service and States concerns relative to the poor
condition of many of the structures.
maintenance
between SCS
The final key issue discussed was future coordination
activities
and the Forest Service to expand mutually supportive
within the Department of Agriculture.
Items addressed were
-- Potential
for uniform dam design standards
-- Training for water resources engineers
-- Policy for handling
aging dams
-- Maintenance
of dams
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WASHINGTON
OFFICE NEWS
OPERATIONS
Harold L. Strickland
Assistant Director
out-lined
identi-fied
RID
PROJECT
STATUS
goals of the RID Project and its planned development
were
in the July 1977 issue of Field Notes.
In the April 1978
issue those intra-Forest Service grid and polygon systems under
consideration
for inclusion
as part of the RID System were
and discussed.
The
sys-tem
Engi-neering.
RID Project Team has now concluded
the short-range
phase of the
Project and has recommended
adoption of a unified national
to meet the existing needs of the field users.
This system
will be supported
and maintained at a national level by the Systems
Operation and Maintenance
Group Washington
Office
Tom George formerly RID Project Leader now heads the
SOM Group.
The
RID
SOM
The
RID
System
now
as
constituted
is
composed
of two
subsystems
Sys-tem
1.
A versatile
2.
A polygon
and
POLY
geographic-based
system
cellular
for manipulating
system called
digitized map
data
GRID
called
The
selection of these two systems to be subsystems to the RID
minimizes the impact on data previously collected for use by
other Forest Service resource mapping systems.
Dual subsystems
also account
for the different accuracy requirements for various
users and the difference in computer costs for the two methods of
data manipulation.
The GRID subsystem is cheaper
to use but it is
not as accurate
the
POLY subsystem.
as
The
RID Project Team has just published the Resource
Information
RID System Short-Range Phase Final Report together
Display
with a short summary document describing some of the key features
of the RID System.
A users manual has also been prepared and is
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de-termine
being finalized
four RID System
for distribution.
training sessions
Copies will be available
being planned.
at
the
coop-erative
re-lated
Co-ordinator
mem-bers
The
To
long-range phase of the RID Project has already begun.
what the needs of the Forest Service will be in the 1980s
the Service has decided to conduct
an Information Needs Assessment
INA. To help us in this INA effort we have entered into a
with the State University
of New York at Buffalo
agreement
which
has
extensive
and expertise in
SUNY-Buffalo
experience
work involving
computer mapping systems.
Region Station
and Area has been asked to appoint an INA
for the RID Project in this INA effort.
During May
of the INA Team will meet with the Regional
INA Coordinators
and visit selected forests.
These fact-finding
visits and meetings
will serve to provide to the INA effort the essential field input
needs for the 1980s.
The subsequent
regarding the Forest Services
Service-wide
which
will
be
administered
SUNY-Buffalo
survey
by
will reflect the long-range concerns and needs of the Forest
Service as perceived
field
by the INA Coordinators the respective
units involved and Regions
Stations and Areas.
Each
Pro-ject
sys-tems
ex-isting
long-range
SUNY
will
analyze the results and from this analysis the RID
Team will be able to discern those resource information
alternatives to the
provide viable cost-effective
System.
Considering both the objectives of the
phase of the RID Project and the impact that a comprehensive
INA can have on realizing that objective
we expect the INA
and the participating
Forests to look upon this INA venture
to provide
as a real opportunity
leadership in the area of resource
information management
for the 1980s.
which
RID
Coordi-nators
accom-modate
com-posed
The
Project Team has
the new direction
of four members
RID
1.
Ed Chapman
2.
George
3.
Bill
4.
Hue
some personnel
undergone
of the RID Project.
The
Project
Holguin
changes
Team is
to
now
Leader
Computer
Ubbens Computer
Specialist
Specialist
McOsker Secretary
you are interested in keeping posted on the progress of the RID
System Project or have comments suggestions or questions please
contact the Project Leader Ed Chapman at FTS 235-2306.
If
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CONSULTATION
Walter
Assistant
HUMAN
RESOURCE
AND
STANDARDS
Furen
Director
E.
PROGRAM
BRIEFS
distri-bution.
New
Planning
and Design
Guides
proce-dures
Fa-cility
Two
new
are currently being prepared for field
publications
The first is titled A Facility Planning and Design Guide
This document will
Corps Residential Camps.
for Youth Conservation
serve as a national guide to provide criteria policies and
to be used for planning design
acquisition and utilization
facilities
of
for the YCC program.
The second publication
is A
Planning and Design Guide for the Young Adult Conservation
Corps and will provide similar guidance for the YACC program.
This guide is actually an update of a publication
of a similar
title that received limited field distribution in June of 1977.
Field distribution of the
YACC guide for July..
YCC guide
is
scheduled
for May
and the
ade-quacy
construc-tion
re-placement
Job
Corps Facility
Survey
A field survey
of Job Corps facilities was recently
completed by a
Office Team of Human Resource
Program and Engineering
The objective of the survey was to evaluate the
facility function
planning design and
and
cost effectiveness
of Job Corps facility
sequence
Washington
personnel.
of
1
program.
3
2
obser-vations
6
in Regions
and
2
While considerable
differences existed from center to center in
nearly all phases of the facilities program several overall
were made.
A total of six Job Corps Centers were visited
8.
en-hance
Voca-tional
Attitudes
toward the Job Corps Program appeared very good and a
for improved facility management
general feeling of concern
and
quality improvement prevailed.
Strong efforts are underway to
the development
facilities program in all Regions.
Like-wise
The
overall quality of construction
accomplished
through the
Skills Training Program was judged to be very good.
the preparation
of construction
drawings to support this
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rea-sonable
provid-ed
strength-ening
tech-nical
main-tain
program was being
timeframe
at a quality level and within
accomplished
the adversities
encountered.
considering
a
In reviewing the facilities program at each center a number of
problem areas were noted and specific recommendations were
with emphasis on Service-wide needs.
Some major needs included
improvements of the master planning and funding process
of the Work Program Officer position better control of
support for Job Corps projects improved compliance with
health and safety requirements and the need to establish and
a standard operational philosophy
for centers.
Based on the specific recommendations made
action plan will be formulated in the near
Reloeatable
the survey
future.
in
report an
Buildings
residen-tial
reloca-table
have leased
During recent years many Regions
acquired and/or
constructed new YCC residential camps in order to meet the National
program target of having 75 percent of our enrollees in a
program by 1980.
Region 8 has had good success with
modular buildings at YCC camps.
concrete/masonry
pri-mary
dur-ability
Analyzing total facility
need was for toilet
needs the Region
determined
that the
with excellent
buildings and kitchens
characteristics low operating and maintenance
costs and
minimum sanitation problems.
The Region concluded
that buildings
floor poured within a structural
having a reinforced concrete
steel base frame reinforced masonry walls and conventional
pitched roof would best meet requirements.
After some marketing research
the Region arranged for an A/E
to prepare working drawings and specifications
for
-- A
--
--
fully equipped
compact
kitchen
to
feed
60
people
-
firm
12
40 size 3.7 m x 12.2 m
A mens toilet building for 30 people both with laundry
facilities - 12 x 28 size 3.7 m x 8.5 m and without
laundry facilities - 12 x 24 size 3.7 m x 7.3 m
A womens
x
toilet building for 30 people both with laundry
and without
facilities - 12 x 28 size 3.7 m x 8.5
laundry facilities - 12 x 24 size 3.7 m x 7.3
m
The
m
preliminary designs were reviewed by a Forest Service team of
program administrators and a Job Corps cook.
Upon
modification
and acceptance
of the design and specifications the
Region awarded a construction
contract
for two kitchens
and four
toilet buildings
to be delivered to sites in Texas and Virginia.
The units were transported
to the sites and placed on prepared
foundations.
Evaluation
after one season of use has shown that the
engineers
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units are as good as or better than those constructed
Contract prices for January 1979 are estimated to be
on site.
-- Kitchen fully equipped - $43000
-- Toilet building with laundry - $19400
$38800
-- Toilet
each or total of
for two one mens and one womens
building without
laundry - $16600 each or total of
for two one mens and one womens
connec-tions
en-closures
$33200
These
estimates
do not include site preparation utility
transportation
costs or setup costs.
screened
Adjacent
for dish tray return garbage
and
service
exits are
cans
also additional expenses however
these enclosures can be easily
constructed by YCC enrollees at a minimal cost.
Additional
information may be obtained
in Region
8
FTS 257-3367.
Engineer
15
from Tom
Smith RO Staff
INVITATION TO READERS OF
FIELD NOTES
Every
reader
is
a potential
author
would
to
of an
article
for
Field Notes.
If
have
you
news item
a
or
ac-curate
short
article
you
Field Notes.
share
with
we
Service engineers
invite
send
to
you
for
it
in
publication
Material
like
submitted
the
to
Office for
Washington
should
publication
be
reviewed
the
by
Washing-ton
Office
Regional
respective
and of
informative
material
submitted
however
short
is
interest
to
from
vary
the
that
see
or news
information
several
sentences
short
items are preferred.
and
All
timely
FSM
to
technically
7113. The length
several
typewritten
material submitted
to the
ideally
all
illustrations
should
of
pages
be original
or negatives.
distributed from the Washington
Area Headquarters
current
is
Forest Service Engineers
be typed double-spaced
prints
glossy
Field Notes
may
articles
Office should
drawings
to
Forests
Office directly
and Forest Service
retirees.
If
to
all
you
Regional
are
not
Station
currently
and
on the
ask your Office Manager or the Regional Engineering
Data Systems
Technical
Coordinator
to increase the number of copies
sent to your office. Copies of back issues are
also available
from the Washington
Office.
mailing
Field
to
list
personnel
their
should
Regional
R-1
Melvin
R-2
Royal
R-3
submit
material
Dittmer
M.
Ryser
Juan Gomez
Coordinators
publication
for
or questions
should direct
R-4
Ted Wood
R-9
Fred
R-5
Walt
R-10
F.
R-6
Kjell
R-8
Bob Bowers
questions
Weaver
WO
Bakke
concerning
format editing
problems to
Forest Service
Attn
P.O.
Gordon
Telephone
GOVERNMENT
PRINTING
OFFICE
USDA
L.
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Rome Editor
Box 2417
D.C. 20013
Washington
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Staff
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A
concerning
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Coordinators
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1979-620-039/FS-5217
235-8198
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W.
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Colley
publishing dates
and other