Training

On December 4, the UNC Highway Safety Research Center hosted a webinar on the unique problems faced by nonmotorized road users in work zones. Topics focused on the importance of maintaining mobility for pedestrians, bicyclists and other road users when streets are under construction. Panelists from FHWA, the District Department of Transportation and industry partners […]

In the wake of two recent road worker deaths in Michigan, Jeff talks with two people with expertise and personal experience in work zone issues: – Lindsey Renner, supervisor of MDOT’s work zone safety section; and – Craig Innis, an MDOT construction engineer injured while working on a project near Flint in 2016. The fallen […]

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This video shows how to develop an effective traffic control plan and the process to follow from pre-planning, through the actual design and writing, the implementation, evaluation, and even revision.

Co-hosted by SICOP and the AASHTO Committee on Maintenance – Maintenance Operations TWG, the Missouri and North Dakota DOTs will showcase their use of technology to achieve their maintenance mission in this webinar. Missouri DOT TMA Flagger Project – Natalie Roark & Travis Teter This automated flagging device completely removes the flagger from the roadway. […]

The Work Zone Safety Awareness Program is offered to participants who require an overview of working safely in the roadway. As new or veteran employees enter or re-enter the construction and public works profession, they are frequently required to set up short-term work zones or are assigned to long-term projects. There are no allowances for […]

Created by ARTBA as a part of the FHWA Cooperative Agreement and the OSHA Cooperative Agreement, these are a series of animated videos following on-site investigations during work zone accidents and incidents. The videos follow the course of the accident and subsequent fatality and provide recommendations designed to control or eliminate the identified risk. NIOSH’s […]

The webinar features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s Synthesis 534: Emerging Technologies for Construction Delivery. The webinar will provide an overview of the current practices state departments of transportation use for construction delivery. It will focus on global positioning systems for layout, machine guidance, and quantity tracking; handheld computers for construction records; […]

On April 25th, Caltrans held its annual statewide Workers Memorial at the State Capitol. Since 1921, 189 Caltrans employees have died in the line of duty while building, maintaining and operating California’s transportation system including one District 11 employee who died in the last year. In this Caltrans News Flash, Assistant Deputy Director Tamie McGowen […]

This free one day course will provide personnel responsible for planning the operations of their workers in flagged, mobile, short duration, short term and incident response operations, tools and strategies to reduce the probability and severity of an incident.