Transportation Agencies Liaison Committee (TALC)

ACEC/MA's Transportation Agencies Liaison Committee (TALC) works closely with public transportation agencies to streamline and improve project delivery.

TALC usually meets monthly on the 3rd or 4th Wednesday of the month at lunchtime in Boston.The cost of lunch is hosted by one member firm each month, as assigned by TECET staff, so that each member firm with employees on the TALC list pays for the cost of the sandwich lunch about once every 3-4 years, even if the employees from that firm are not in attendance.

Due to the size of the committee, with about 250 individual members as of May 1, 2018, TALC meeting attendance is limited to one person per ACEC/MA Member Firm, plus ACEC/MA Board members. All TALC member receive emails on transportation issues and are invited to participate in conference calls. 

MassDOT Highway Engineering Directives

Transportation Agencies Liaison Committee Links from recent TALC meetings:

8-22-18: T4MA Presentation on Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) from Chris Dempsey

7-31-18:  MassDOT Highway Issues Proprietary Products SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)

• MassDOT Highway shared their internal SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) on the Use of Proprietary Products: highlighted section is applicable to engineers. Also see: 

• Proprietary Specifications in Public Construction Projects

• Proprietary Spec Summary

6-20-18: MBTA System-Wide Accessibility and The Design Guide to Access Presentation

5-23-2018: ebuilder Presentation from MBTA

2/28/18-  Exciting Things are Brewing at Boston Public Works with Katie Choe, Chief Engineer/Director of Construction Management

4-25-2018-TALC Meeting Presentation: Jackie DeWolfe, Michelle Danila, Andy Paul