Save the Date: March 10-12, 2009
National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference Joins World of Asphalt Show in Orlando
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jeff Solsby
November 5, 2008 Lisa McCluskey
202-289-4434
(Washington, D.C.)—Mark your calendars for March 10-12, 2009, as nearly 400 industry executives are expected to be in Orlando, Fla., for the National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference, which will collocate with the asphalt industry’s leading exposition and education resource event—the “World of Asphalt.”
The work zone conference is sponsored by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Transportation Development Foundation-managed National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse. It will connect transportation leaders with government and private industry officials at all levels to discuss challenges, cutting-edge solutions, techniques and programs to help improve the safe and efficient movement of traffic under many different roadway work zone conditions.
Conference topics include:
- Protecting the health and safety of workers during construction;
- Accommodating pedestrians, cyclists and persons with disabilities in work zones;
- Complying with new Federal Highway Administration regulations on high visibility clothing and payment for temporary traffic control;
- Night time construction challenges and opportunities;
- Avoiding worker runovers and backovers;
- Legal liabilities for traffic control;
- New safety and health training programs, and more!
In addition to hosting the conference, the ARTBA Foundation will organize a “traffic management and safety pavilion” in the World of Asphalt exhibit hall and offer Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety training sessions.
World of Asphalt is also held in conjunction with AGG1: Aggregates Forum and Expo 2009, which features exhibits and events focused on the latest technologies and innovations in aggregate-related equipment, products and services.
To learn more about exhibit opportunities, contact ARTBA’s Jim Colleton at jcolleton@artba.org. For registration, sponsorship and event details please visit www.workzonesafety.org;
www.worldofasphalt.com; and www.agg1.org.
The ARTBA Foundation was established in 1985 as a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt entity to “promote research, education and public awareness.” It supports an array of initiatives, including educational scholarships, awards, executive education seminars, roadway work zone safety and training programs, and special economic reports.
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Posted: 11/6/2008
Categories: Work Zone Conferences | Work Zone Safety
