PennDOT Trainings

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Asbestos Building Inspection- Initial Certification

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Target Audience: This class is for persons who performs environmental work, design, or rehabilitation of bridge superstructures who have never before been licensed as an asbestos building inspector or for those who have held licenses, but whose license has been expired for more than one year following its expiration date.

Central Office/District Design and Maintenance personnel, and/or Construction personnel whose job responsibilities involve assessing and oversight of asbestos abatement activities.

Description: This course is specifically designed for Commonwealth employees that are required to collect bulk sampling of construction materials to identify asbestos containing materials, compile inspection reports, or those who desire to understand the inspection process. Since EPA requires inspections of all buildings/structures prior to renovation and demolition, PennDOT has established inspection and reporting requirements, and some of these responsibilities fall upon Department personnel. Detailed information concerning the steps in the inspection and bulk sampling process are discussed. This class includes a 4-hour mock inspection exercise. Passing of an examination is required for individuals seeking their asbestos building inspector license.

Offering: 09/24/13 - 09/26/13: Harrisburg, PennDOT Fleet Management Office

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Bridge Inspection Refresher Course

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Target Audience: Individuals engaged in the safety inspection of bridge structures and who may be re-certified for such activity.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of the Basic Bridge Safety Inspection course. Please do not register to attend a Bridge Inspection Refresher class or send anyone in your place if you have not first complete the Basic Bridge Safety Inspection Course.

Description: The objective of this course is to re-certify bridge safety inspectors and to impart the latest knowledge and skills necessary to provide accurate and uniform statewide bridge inspection. Each attendee who successfully completes the course will receive a completion certificate and a new "Certified Bridge Safety Inspector" certification card, effective for a two-year period. This certification can be renewed by attending another Bridge Inspection Refresher Course.

Offerings:
11/19/13 - 11/21/13: Hollidaysburg, District 9
12/17/13 - 12/19/13: Montoursville, District 3

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Section 4(f) Handbook Training for Specialists

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Target Audience: PennDOT and consultant environmental staff that is responsible for Section 4(f) considerations and documentation on projects. The course is recommended for all levels of personnel, from more experienced environmental staff to entry-level personnel.

Description: This course provides an in depth review of Section 4(f) of the USDOT Act of 1966. Publication 349, the Section 4(f) Handbook, and the Section 4(f) forms are undergoing revisions that reflect the new FHWA SEction 4(f) Policy Paper (2012). This course reviews those changes in policy and documentation.
The course is designed to provide attendees with the knowledge of determining whether Section 4(f) applies to a project, understanding how it may affect design considerations, deciding what type of documentation is needed, and how that documentation is completed and processed. Proper completion of the Section 4(f) forms is highlighted.

Offerings:
08/13/13 - 08/14/13: Harrisburg, Riverfront Office Center (ROC)
10/01/13 - 10/02/13: Indiana, District 10

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: TA-TCI Modules

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Target Audience: Construction Inspectors

Description: This is a series of modules that includes Project Overview; Maintenance and Protection of Traffic; Plans Reading; Project Closeout; Project Scheduling – Development and Control; Publications, References and Software; Safety; Project Setup; Math for Measurement and Payment; Materials Sampling; Introduction to Documentation; and Inspection Overview

Offerings: 12 Self Study modules

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Interconnection and Preemption Workshop

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Description: The intent of this Traffic Signal and Highway-Rail Grade Crossing workshop is to provide an understanding of the elements of traffic signal timing and phase sequencing that are critical for proper design of railroad preemption of traffic signals interconnected with highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. The course will include a detailed discussion of railroad crossing warning devices with particular emphasis on the latest MUTCD and AREMA standards, references and recommended practices. There have been significant developments in preemption operation design in the past 15 years.

Offering: 06/12/13 - 06/13/13: Bridgeville, District 11

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Intersection Capacity Analysis

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Description: This one-day training course provides lectures and workshops on the application of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010) procedures and use of the Highway Capacity Software (HCS 2010) for the operational analysis of intersections.

Offerings:
06/19/13 - 06/19/13: Harrisburg, District 8
06/20/13 - 06/20/13: Bridgeville, District 11

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Subsurface Investigations

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Target Audience: FHWA, State, and local transportation agency employees, college and university faculty, and consultant engineers who are or will be involved in the planning, execution, review and interpretation of subsurface investigations.

Prerequisites: An undergraduate degree in geology, engineering geology, civil engineering or equivalent engineering experience in the highway/transportation field is desirable.

Description: Module 1 is offered as a separate 3-day course covering the latest methods and procedures in the planning, execution and interpretation of the various subsurface investigation methods and the development of appropriate soil and rock design parameters for engineering applications. Topics include: the geotechnical specialist's role in subsurface investigations; exploration methodologies; exploratory equipment types and their suitability for various subsurface conditions; the use of in-situ testing and geophysical surveys for subsurface characterization; the handling, transportation and storage of soil and rock samples; and laboratory testing techniques and interpretation of data.

Offerings: 06/05/13 - 06/07/13: King of Prussia, District 6

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: FHWA Alkali-Aggregate Reactivity workshops

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Description: Alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR) is a concrete distress mechanism that has been studied for more than 70 years. This workshop provides an overview of the fundamentals of both types (ASR and ACR), summarizes the available methods of preventing or mitigating ASR-induced damage in newly constructed and existing concrete structures, discusses and recommends AAR test methods and specifications, and provides case studies of AAR-affected concrete structures, including rehabilitation strategies.

Learning Outcomes:
• Review the fundamentals of alkali-aggregate reaction (e.g. alkali-silica reaction, ASR, versus alkali-carbonate reaction, ACR)
• Summarize available methods of preventing or mitigating ASR-induced damage in newly-constructed and existing concrete structures.
• Discuss and recommend test methods and specifications related to AAR.
• Provide case studies of AAR-affected concrete structures, including rehabilitation strategies.

Offerings: 05/17/13 - 05/17/13: Harrisburg, Riverfront Office Center (ROC)

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Traffic Signal Operations and Maintenance

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Prerequisite: Although this is not mandatory it is suggested that you have already taken the class of Intro to Signals prior to this class.

Description: The Traffic Signal Operations and Maintenance is course was created from a need to understand that the congestion and delays that exist on our streets and roadways can be better managed with a thorough understanding of effective traffic signal operations and maintenance. Well maintained and operated traffic signal control projects are essential to this process. This two-day course will focus on the proper elements of a well maintained and operated traffic signal system. The course is divided into two primary parts: Traffic Signal Operations and Traffic Signal Maintenance.

Offerings:
06/04/13 - 06/05/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab
06/11/13 - 06/12/13: King of Prussia, District 6

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Soil Slope and Embankment Design and Construction

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Target Audience: FHWA, State, and local highway agency employees, college and university faculty, and consultant engineers/geologists who are involved in the analysis, design, construction, maintenance, and remediation of soil slopes and embankments on surface transportation facilities. An undergraduate degree in civil engineering or equivalent engineering experience in the highway/transportation field is desirable.

Description: Participants will receive a comprehensive reference manual on investigation, design, construction, and mitigation of soil slopes and embankments used by practicing highway/geotechnical engineers. The participant workbook contains copies of visual aids and student exercises that closely follow the PowerPoint slide presentations. The student exercises promote interaction in the classroom and illustrate the basic principles and analyses.
This course covers important aspects associated with the design and construction of soil slopes and embankments. It is intended to provide transportation earthwork professionals with knowledge to recognize potential soil slope/embankment stability and deformation problems in transportation projects, to develop necessary skills to design and evaluate soil slopes and embankments, and to consider the construction and inspection implications.

Offerings: 05/29/13 - 05/31/13: Hollidaysburg, District 9

Description: This course provides basic instruction on use of Open Plan software (the standard for the Design & Construction Communities). Course participants enter project data, progress a project, run a time analysis, interpret data, examine different views, tailor views using filters and sorts, and print for reporting purposes. The course includes an overview of WelcomHome, a web-based collaboration portal to enhance project communication and organization, and how WelcomHome interfaces with Open Plan.

Offerings: 6/18/13 - 06/19/13: Oil City, District 1

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: HSM Roadway Safety Management Process (Part B Chapters 4-9)

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Target Audience: Persons involved with evaluating roadway networks/corridors to identify and address safety concerns during Project Development.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites are required, however an understanding of the HSM Crash Prediction Methodology would be beneficial.

Description: The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) presents tools and methodologies for consideration of "safety” across the range of highway activities that includes; planning, programming, project development, construction, operations, and maintenance. The purpose is to convey present knowledge regarding highway safety information for use by a broad array of transportation professionals. It serves as the single national resource for quantitative information about crash analysis and evaluation and provides transportation professionals with current knowledge, techniques, and methodologies to estimate future crash frequency and severity and to identify and evaluate options to reduce crash frequency and severity.
This workshop provides a brief overview of Part A (Human Factors and Fundamentals of the HSM), Part C (Crash Prediction Methodology) and Part D (Crash Modification Factors), but the majority of the course content focuses on Part B of the HSM (Roadway Safety Management Process) which includes:
• Network Screening
• Crash Diagnosis
• Selecting Safety Countermeasures
• Economic Appraisals
• Prioritizing Projects
• Safety Effectiveness Evaluation
Information and procedures for each of the above topics are discussed in detail to provide the participants with a firm understanding of the available methods for monitoring and reducing crash frequency on existing roadway networks.

Offerings:
06/25/13 - 06/25/13: Montoursville, District 3
06/26/13 - 06/26/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab
06/27/13 - 06/27/13: Indiana, District 10

Offerings:
06/18/13 - 06/20/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab
06/25/13 - 06/27/13: Bridgeville, District 11
09/17/13 - 09/19/13: Indiana, District 10
10/22/13 - 10/24/13: Bridgeville, Infrastructure Engineers Building
11/05/13 - 11/07/13: King of Prussia, District 6
12/10/13 - 12/12/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab
01/07/14 - 01/09/14: Hollidaysburg, District 9
02/10/14 - 02/12/14: Allentown, District 5
03/04/14 - 03/06/14: Indiana, District 10
03/25/14 - 03/27/14: Harrisburg, Riverfront Office Center (ROC)
04/08/14 - 04/10/14: Hollidaysburg, District 9

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge Systems

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Target Audience: local governments, local engineers, construction, maintenance, bridge designers, geotechnical engineers, local technical assistance program coordinators

Prerequisites: Basic level bridge construction, maintenance or design knowledge

Description: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge Systems (GRS-IBS) is a form of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) that lowers cost, slashes construction time, improves durability, and increases safety—all at the same time. GRS-IBS technology uses alternating layers of compacted granular fill material and fabric sheets of geotextile reinforcement to provide support for the bridge. GRS-IBS also provides a smooth transition from the bridge onto the roadway, and alleviates the bump at the bridge problem caused by uneven settlement between the bridge and approaching roadway. The technology offers unique advantages in the construction of small bridges, including; reduced construction time and cost (with costs reduced 25 to 60 percent from conventional construction methods), easy to build with common equipment and materials, and flexible design that's easily modified in the field for unforeseen site conditions, including utilities, obstructions, existing structures, variable soil conditions, and weather. The specifics of this technology will be discussed including advantages and disadvantages, site considerations, design methodology and construction methodology.

Offering: 05/16/13 - 05/16/13: Dunmore, District 4

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Signalized Intersection Guidebook Workshop

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Target Audience: Federal, State and local transportation traffic and safety engineers, and planners involved in planning, designing, operating, and remedying crash problems for signalized intersections.

Description: This 2013 version of this workshop is a new pilot with updated content and materials. Participant feedback to instructors is encouraged; it will be most helpful to the workshop developers, NHI staff, and the FHWA representatives as they prepare the final version of the workshop.

This course provides an overview of the "Signalized Intersections: Informational Guide FHWA-HRT-04-091." The guide is a comprehensive document containing methods for evaluating the safety and operations of signalized intersections and tools to remedy deficiencies. It takes a holistic approach to signalized intersections and considers the safety and operational implications of a particular treatment on all system users, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. Using the guide, participants learn to make insightful intersection assessments, understand the tradeoffs of potential improvement measures, and apply guidebook measures and best practices to reduce the incidence of intersection crashes.

Offering: 05/21/13 - 05/21/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Highway Traffic Noise

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Target Audience: FHWA staff; State department of transportation environmental specialists, designers, planners or engineers; city or county environmental engineers, coordinators or specialists; consultants.

Prerequisites: It is recommended that class participants take the free, web-based NHI 142063 Highway Traffic Noise: Basic Acoustics course prior to attending this instructor-led course.

Description: This course will educate engineers, environmental specialists, designers, planners, and consultants about traffic noise and ways to reduce the impacts. The training is an introductory, yet comprehensive, overview of highway traffic noise.

Topics covered include the basic principles of acoustics, how to determine when a noise analysis is required, typical strategies to mitigate noise in highway projects, noise measurement, construction noise, and public involvement. The training also provides an overview of the FHWA Traffic Noise Model, which was developed to predict noise levels and evaluate noise abatement measures.

The NHI commissioned a customized version of the Interactive Sound Information System (ISIS) as part of the curriculum design for this course. ISIS is a noise simulation software program that employs high-quality digital recordings, precise sound control, and graphic imagery to present basic acoustical concepts and sounds from various traffic loads. ISIS also demonstrates the sound level reductions provided by various noise barrier configurations.

The course includes a presentation on the July 2010 revision to the FHWA noise regulations and policies, and related State highway noise policies. Participants will learn about noise-compatible planning, which encourages local governments and developers to avoid noise-sensitive land uses adjacent to highways or to abate or mitigate potential noise impacts.

Offering: 09/17/13 - 09/19/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: SharePoint Training (Contractors) Note: This training is also intended for design, construction management and construction inspection services.

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Target Audience: Contractors associated with the SharePoint’s pilot programs. (Note: This training is also intended for design, construction management and construction inspection services.)

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Access the SharePoint system

• Understand the application security

• Make a submission

• Get submissions from subcontractors

• Submit source of supplies

• Review status of submission

• Generate reports

• Review documentation

Offerings:
05/07/13 - 05/07/13: Bridgeville, District 11
05/08/13 - 05/08/13: Uniontown, District 12
05/14/13 - 05/14/13: Hollidaysburg, District 9

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: ABLRFD Program Training

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Target Audience: This course intended for designers with a minimal level of abutment and retaining wall experience.

Description: This course provides an introduction to the operation and logic of PennDOT's ABLRFD software used for bridge abutment and retaining wall analysis and design. Course content includes overviews of the ABLRFD program, and pertinent design code provisions in the AASHTO and Design Manual Part 4 specifications. The calculation and selection of ABLRFD program input parameters, a discussion of the method of solution of key items, the interpretation of the resulting program output, and assessment of the suitability of designed elements are illustrated through example problems. Participants will be provided or will be given access to a hand calculation documenting program output. Software use will be demonstrated on example applications.

Offering: 06/18/13 - 06/19/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Open Plan Intermediate Business Applications

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Target Audience: PennDOT Project Managers and Consultants.

Prerequisites: Must have previously attended an Open Plan WelcomHome session.

Description: This two-day training course provides instruction on how to use Open Plan as a project management tool. The core components of this course are Project Schedule Set-up, Schedule Review/Approval, Schedule Monitoring and Management, Interfacing with WelcomHome, Workload Analysis, and Open Plan Reporting. Participants will also be given a brief refresher on the Critical Path Method.

The training’s instructional lecture will be supplemented with in-class demonstrations and computer-based exercises. The combination of project development and software demonstration is designed to maximize learning, understanding, and skill transferred to the worksite.

Offering:
06/04/13 - 06/05/13: Montoursville, District 3

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Asbestos Building Inspector - 4-hr. Refresher

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Target Audience: This class is for persons who perform environmental work, design, or rehabilitation of bridge superstructures and have been licensed as an asbestos building inspector and whose licensure has not been expired for more than one year.

Prerequisites: Must be licensed as an asbestos building inspector and whose licensure has not been expired for more than one year.

Description: Four-hour training seminar qualifying candidates for recertification by PA Department of Labor and Industry (in conformance with ASHARA, 40 CFR 763)for persons who work in the asbestos abatement trades who as inspectors of buildings and other structures (most specifically bridges).
This training is required for those who are licensed Asbestos Building Inspectors holding current licensure and those who have been licensed but whose license has been lapsed for less than 365 days.
The course enables the inspector to determine 1) if asbestos is present, 2) what manner and condition of asbestos exists, and 3) proper techniques and sampling protocols for obtaining and preparing samples for submission to qualified laboratories for examination.
Those who pass the course will be eligible to apply to PA Dept. of Labor and Industry for renewal of licensure.
>>>If interested in this course please email Ken Thornton at kethornton@pa.gov

Offering: 09/27/13 - 09/27/13: Harrisburg, Equipment Division

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Roadside Safety Design

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Target Audience:Experienced Federal, State, and local highway engineers involved in the formulation and/or application of policies and standards relating to the design of safe roadside hardware.

Description: This course has been expanded and updated to provide an overview of the AASHTO Roadside Design Guide. At the end of the course, you will be able to apply the clear zone concept to all classes of roadways; recognize unsafe roadside design features and elements and make appropriate changes; identify the need for a traffic barrier; and apply other highway hardware core competencies. This course is intended for experienced safety and design engineers.

Offering: 05/14/13 - 05/16/13: King of Prussia, District 6

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Open Plan/WelcomHome

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Target Audience: Project managers and others who must enter, review, or manipulate projects/project data submitted/created in Open Plan software.

Description: This course provides basic instruction on use of Open Plan software (the standard for the Design & Construction Communities). Course participants enter project data, progress a project, run a time analysis, interpret data, examine different views, tailor views using filters and sorts, and print for reporting purposes. The course includes an overview of WelcomHome, a web-based collaboration portal to enhance project communication and organization, and how WelcomHome interfaces with Open Plan.

Offering: 05/21/13 - 05/22/13: Hollidaysburg, District 9

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: PennDOT Bridge Inspection Practices and Procedures

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Target Audience: Bridge inspection personnel requiring designation as PennDOT Certified Bridge Safety Inspectors.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of the 10-day FHWA-NHI #130055 (or 13055/#13055A). Please do not register to attend this PennDOT course if you have not first completed the 10-day FHWA-NHI course. A transcript from NHI that shows successful course completion must be provided to PennDOT at least 4 weeks in advance of the class date, and should be sent via email to ra-pdhighadmintrain@pa.gov. Participants will receive an e-mail 2 weeks prior to the class start date to notify them of their enrollment status.

Description: Allows persons who have successfully completed the 10-day FHWA-NHI Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges course (#130055 or #13055/#13055A equivalents), with a minimum passing grade of 70%, to fully satisfy PennDOT’s training requirements of a Certified Bridge Safety Inspector (CBSI). Course content includes PennDOT’s coding data requirements, necessary procedures to accurately report on bridge inventory and inspection, and the necessary knowledge and skills to perform accurate and consistent bridge inspections within Pennsylvania. Each attendee who successfully completes the course, which includes 100% attendance and a minimum passing grade of 70% on the examination, receives an attendance certificate and a PennDOT "Certified Bridge Safety Inspector" certification card, valid for two years. The certification can be renewed by attending a PennDOT Bridge Inspection Refresher Course. A transcript from NHI that shows successful course completion must be provided to PennDOT at least 4 weeks in advance of the class date, please contact the NHI Registrar at nhiregistrar@dot.gov or 703-235-0500 to request a copy of your transcript. Please note that an NHI Certificate of Completion does not indicate whether a passing grade was attained for the FHWA-NHI course. It must be accompanied by the NHI course transcript for successful registration to attend this course.

Offerings: 05/13/13 - 05/17/13: Harrisburg

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Bid Package Preparation- Intermediate Course

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Target Audience: District and Consultant Design Project Managers, Portfolio Managers, District Contract Management staff, and Central Office Contract Management staff.

Prerequisites: Some experience with preparing the Plans, Specification & Estimate package will be beneficial; Bid Package Preparation and Policies Course is recommended, though not required.

Description: The Bid Package Preparation and Policies- Intermediate Course provides in-depth training on developing an accurate Construction Bid Package from a technical level, in accordance with Publication 51 Bid Package Preparation and Policies Manual. Training will be provided on ensuring that technical aspects of the Bid Package are standard across all Districts, in terms of Plans, Design Items, Special Provisions and Attachments. The Project Development Checklist (PDC) will be discussed in-depth as it relates to the Bid Package to ensure consistency of documents across Districts. DBE Goal development will be discussed to provide the connection to the Design Items. Information on selecting the accurate Work Class Codes will be furnished. General Provisions (Section 100s) of PennDOT Publication 408 Specifications will also be discussed.

Offering: 06/25/13 - 06/27/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Countermeasure Design for Bridge Scour and Stream Instability

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Target Audience: Federal, State and local highway hydraulic, structural and geotechnical engineers and bridge inspectors responsible for maintaining the integrity of highway bridges against possible hydraulic related problems. Consultants who do bridge engineering work are encouraged to attend.

Prerequisites: NHI course #135046-Stream Stability & Scour of Highway Bridges provides training in identifying and analyzing stream instability and scour problems at highway bridges and is recommended as a prerequisite for this course.

Description: This course provides an overview of countermeasures to highway related failures from the effects of stream instability, scour, erosion and stream aggradation and degradation problems.

Offering: 06/11/13 - 06/13/13: Harrisburg, Materials and Testing Lab

2013 PennDOT/NECEPT Bituminous Technician Certification Program Course

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2013 Bituminous Level 1 Packet

2013 Bituminous Level 2 Packet

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Fatigue and Fracture Design of Steel Structures

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Target Audience: Bridge engineers

Prerequisites: Attendees must have a combination of training, on-the-job experience, and good background knowledge of the concepts of bridge engineering, structural analysis, and bridge inspection.

Description: This course provides bridge engineers with the basic knowledge/skills to design, evaluate and inspect steel bridges and related highway structures for the fatigue and fracture limit states. Classroom exercises will verify achievement of learning objectives. Attendees will leave the course with a notebook containing a fatigue and fracture design, completed exercises, and enough reference data to design/evaluate steel structures in accordance with current AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.

Offering: 05/21/13 - 05/23/13: Bethlehem, Lehigh University

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Synchro and SimTraffic

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Target Audience: PennDOT employees, Consultants, Municipalities, and Planning partners

Prerequisites: You must be a current user or have access to Synchro software
There will be a forthcoming pre-class assignment which will be sent to students 3 weeks prior to class. This assignment MUST be completed before the first day of the class.

Description: This course covers the Synchro signal timing software used to perform capacity analysis for signalized intersections, the SimTraffic microscopic simulation model, and 3D viewer. This course uses a combination of lecture and hands-on examples. Topics addressed include analysis of individual intersections, network analysis and optimization, advanced timing examples, universal traffic data format (UTDF), and optimization and calculations.

Offerings:
05/14/13 - 05/16/13: King of Prussia, District 6

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: CDART (Crash Data Analysis and Retrieval Tool)

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Target Audience: PennDOT Highway Safety and Traffic Engineers who need to make engineering decisions based on reportable crash data. Other PennDOT personnel who use crash data to make planning and programming decisions.

Prerequisites: General experience with Windows-based applications

Description: The Crash Data Analysis and Retrieval Tool (CDART) training course provides hands-on instruction on the use of this web-based query tool. In this one-day course, you will be introduced to the various query and reporting functions that allow you to analyze and report on up to 10 years of crash data maintained in the Crash Record System (CRS).

Offerings: 05/23/13 - 05/23/13: Harrisburg, Riverfront Office Center (ROC)

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