The Northeast shortens the Balanced Mix Design learning curve.
9 states + Quebec•BMD working group since 2023
This Northeast BMD group has significantly shortened the learning curve for the participating agencies, bringing the group to a common level of understanding much more quickly than would have been possible working individually.
It is absolutely a benefit to know what other states are doing. Shared knowledge across the Northeast helps make innovation feel practical rather than risky.
Knowing what our neighboring States are doing helps show us we are not operating outside the box, and when you can point to them, those conversations with stakeholders get a lot easier.
Understanding the variability of the BMD tests is a huge part of implementation so that you can interpret data properly, and the ILS efforts by the group have produced valuable information so we can all get better.
The experts at AIEI can present and explain things so clearly it helps me relay that to my staff.