Pavement Preservation Journal, Winter 2013, Vol. 6, No. 4
Tom Kuennen
The National Center for Pavement Preservation is a tremendous resource for public and private sector stakeholders in pavement preservation.
Today—after a decade of service—the National Center for Pavement Preservation at Michigan State University has an ambitious program of technology transfer, reaching state and local road agencies through many channels, with support from AASHTO, FP2 Inc., FHWA, and to a lesser degree, the private sector.
The NCPP’s mission is to lead collaborative efforts among government, industry and academia to advance pavement preservation. Founded in July 2003, the NCPP is the embodiment of the collective national vision of pavement practitioners, policymakers and industry.
“Ten years ago, few people had even heard of the term ‘pavement preservation’,” said NCPP executive director Larry Galehouse, P.E. “Today, pavement preservation is a commonly used term among highway officials, and practitioners understand what it is. I would like to think that the national center had a lot to do with that.”