ERIC ED385706: State and Local Highway Training and Technology Resources.

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ED 385 706
State and Local Highway Training and Technology
TITLE
Resources.
American Public Works Association, Kansas City, MO.;
INSTITUTION
Federal Highway Administration (DOT), Washington,
D.C.
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Audiovisual Aids; Civil Engineering; Construction
DESCRIPTORS
Industry; *Educational Resources; Equipment;
*Instructional Materials; *Maintenance; *Road
Construction; Training; *Transportation; Vocational
Education
ABSTRACT
This directory provides descriptions of training and
technology resources that address the needs of the local highway
community. It is divided into seven sections: (1) resources that deal
with structures spanning roadways or carrying roads over rivers,
(2) resources dealing with
streams, railroads, and depressed areas;
the control through planning, design, construction, and maintenance
of the flow of water, both surface and underground, through, under,
(3) resources dealing
and alongside highways and with the roadside;
with mechanical devices and specializedunits used to excavate, fill,
compact, transport, pave, and maintain roads and streets;
(4)
resources addressing the art of developing a mix of personnel,
material, machines, and methods to achieve a specified goal and
resources on surveying, mathematics, plan reading, safety, liability,
and computers; (5) resources concerning the safe movement of vehicles
through intersections, work areas, and special zones and winter
operations; (6) resources that deal with the design, construction,
maintenance, and management of roads and streets; and (7) information
about related and other sources of training and technology resources.
Each entry is composed of the following components: title, type of
product, source, contact for further information, short description,
and targeted audience.
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State and Local Highwa
Training and Technolo
Resources
American
U.S. Department
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of Transportation
.ASsociation
Federal Highway
Administration
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American Public Works Association
Local Technical'
Technology Transfer Clearinghouse
Assistance Program
January 1994
BE T COP
Introduction
Bridges
2
3
Drainage/Roadside
State and Local
Highway Training
Equipment
and Technology
Resources
General/Management 5
January, 1994
U.S. Department of
Transportation
Operations
6
Federal Highway
Adminstration
American Public
Roads
Works Association
Other Resources
8
Title Index
9
LTAP T2 Centers
10
Feedback Form
3
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Introduction
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Background
Act of' 1991 provided authority to expand the
program into urban areas as resources become
Established in 1981 as the Rural Technical Assis-
available through 1997. This new authorization
tance Program, the Local Technical Assistance
also included an emphasis on intergovernmental
Program (LTAP) is a program of the Federal High-
transportation planning for American Indian tribal
for
way Adminstration (FHWA). LTAP provides
governments, through training and technical as-
local highway agencies' improved access to high-
sistance.
way technology to meet the growing demands
placed on local roads, bridges and public transpor-
The centers enable local agencies to improve
tation.
their transportation network by:
LTAP has established a nationwide system of 55
o increasing transportation expertise at the state
technology transfer (T2' centers, some of which
and local levels;
are located in universities, with others in State
highway agencies. Four centers serve American
o providing a channel for materials prepared at
Indian Tribal Government s. Each center develops
the national level for local use;
informa-
a mix of technology transfer tools and
tion to most effectively address the needs of the
o promoting the effective use of research
local highway community.
findings and innovations for improving
transportation; and
Funding for the centers is provided through the
Federal-aid process, which requires support and
o meeting the needs of transportation
involvement from State highway agencies. The
personnel in local areas with tailored resource
funding for the centers comes from Federal LTAP
materials.
funds, State departments of transprotation, uni-
versities, local agencies, and finances designated
In the technology transfer network, each center
by State legislation.
of
can serve as both a source and a recipient
information. The Technology Transfer Clearing-
The centers serving American Indian Tribal Gov-
house, operated under contract to the FHWA by
the
ernments are jointed funded by FHWA and
the American Public Works Association, links the
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian
centers with information and technology avail-
Affairs.
able from other sources.
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I
Introduction
January 1994
Data Input
o General/Management: This section contains
training and technology resources that deal
with the art of developing a mix of personnel,
Sources of data for this issue of the directory
material, machines, and methods to achieve a
were the T centers, State highway agencies,
specified goal. This section also includes
professional organizations, the private sector,
resources on surveying, mathematics, plan
universities, and FI-TWA.
reading, safety, liability, and computers.
Information on Entries
o Operations: This section contains *raining
and technology resources dealing with the
safe movement of vehicles through
The T' centers are major contributors to this
directory and they keep up with new develop-
intersections, work areas and special zones.
ments in training. The centers are excellent re-
This section also includes resources that
sources for supplements to the entries listed in
concern winter operations.
this directory. You are encouraged to contact the
T2 center in your State about entries in this
o Roads: This section contains training and
directory or information about training and
technology resources that deal with the
design, construction, maintenance, and
reosurces available in your state. See 3.ction 10
for a list of T' centers. This directory is also
management of roads and streets.
available in floppy disk format. You may request
a copy on floppy disk from your local T' Center or
o Other Resources: This is a special section
the T2 Clearinghouse.
containing information about related and other
sources of training and technology resources.
Using the Directory
You may also look up entries by title (Section 9).
The directory is divided into sections by the
Contents of the Resource
following subjects:
Directory
o Bridges: This section contains training and
technology resources that deal with structures
Each resource in the directory is composed of the
spanning roadways or carrying roads over
following components:
rivers, streams, railroads, depressed areas,
and other roadways which are constructed
o The title
usually of steel, reinf orced concrete, or wood.
o The type of product (such as course, manual,
or videocassette)
o Drainage/Roadside: This section contains
o The source of the item
training and technology resources that deal
o A contact who can give further information
with drainage, the control through planning,
o A short description of the product
design, construction, and maintenance of the
o The targeted audience.
flow of water, both surface and underground,
through, under, and alongside highways. This
section also contains resources dealing with
Updates
the roadside.
The Clearinghouse directory will be updated at
o Equipment: This section contains training
yearly intervals. Each source unit is urged to
and technology resources dealing with the
examine the directory and notify the T" Clearing-
mechanical devices and specialized unit s used
house of any changes that may have occurred
to excavate, fill, compact, transport, pave, and
since the last directory was published.
maintain roads and streets.
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2
State and Local Highway Training and Technology Resources
AM
Bridges
maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of
Bridge Deck Repair
bridges in Pennsylvania. It enables cost-effec-
Product: Videocassette, 8:30 minutes
tive management of the bridge system state
Date produced: 1981
wide by evaluating data and prioritizing work
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
schedules. (AV# 00565)
tation
Target audience: Maintenance supervisors
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
Bridge Painting Inspection
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg, PA
Product: Slides, workbook
17120 [phone]
Date produced: 1984
Cost/terms: Copies approxhnately $45 for 3/4-
Source: Louisiana Transportation Research
inch, $35 for VHS
Center
Description: This videotape shows an actual
Contact: Joe Baker, Director of Technology
work crew repairing a pothole on a bridge deck
Transfer, Louisiana Transportation Research
of an interstate highway. (AV# 00060)
Center, P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA
Target audience: Work crews, supervisors
70804-9245 [phone]
Cost/terms: Public agencies free six-weeks
Bridge Management System (BMS)
loan/may duplicate; private $25 handling fee for
Product: Videocassettf., 35 minutes
loan, can't duplicate; workbook is $ I 0 if sold
Date produced: 1987
separately
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
Description:This audiovisual course contains
tation
239 slides and runs for one hour and 30
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
minutes. The course uses a workbook that
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
covers the procedures for the inspection of
PA
ecs library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg,
bridge painting projects. (C0103A)
17120 [phone]
Target audience: Maintenance inspectors,
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
supervisors and foremen
inch, S35 for VHS
Description: This videotape explains Bridge
Management System (BMS) as a tool for use in
determining present and future needs for
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Bridges
January 1994
Date produced: 1987
Bridge Safety Inspection for Local
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
Governments
tation
Product: Videocassette, 12 minutes
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
Date produced: 1988
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg, PA
tation
17120 (717) 7;37-6527
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
inch; $35 for VHS
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg, PA
Description: This videotape shows the "why" of
17120 [phone]
computer-assisted design. It shows an actual
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
demonstration and an interview with the
inch, $35 for VHS
BRADD-2 project manager. (AV# 00489)
Description: This videocassette describes the
Target audience: Bridge designers
requirements and responsibilities for bridge
safety inspection for local governments. (AV#
Highway Bridge Type and Performance
00750)
Patterns
Target audience: Local government officials
Product:Manual
Source: Portland Cement Association
Computer-Aided Seismic Analysis of
Contact: Wayne S. Adaska, Director Public
Highway Bridges Workshop
Works, Portland Cement Association, 5420 Old
Product: Course
Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077-1083 (708)
Date produced: 1993
966-9559
Source: Dr. M. Salidi
Cost/terms: $1, discourits available
Contact: Dr. M. Saiddi, Professor and Chairman,
Description: The 12 most common highway
Civil Engineering Department, University of
bridge types are identified based on data from
Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 [phone]
the National Bridge Inventory maintained by
Cost/terms: $2,000 plus travel plus per diem
FHWA. Performance and most common sources
for instructors
of bridge deficiency are identified at national
Description: The purpose of this course is to
and state levels and by highway types.
present an introduction to the finite method of
Target audience: Bridge and highway engineers
analysis of highway bridges, with particular
and public officials
emphasis on the modeling of earthquake loads.
A brief introduction to the dynamics of struc-
Hot Sprayed Zinc Coating/Hot Sprayed
tures is included. The course also incorporates
Aluminum Coating
practical modeling methods of bridge elements
and systems, and a discussion of the interpre-
Product: Videocassette (VHS), 90 minutes
tation of computer data. The hands-on com-
Date produced: 1988
puter session will allow the participants to
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
tation
apply some of the newly-acquired skills immedi-
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
ately.
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
Target audience: Engineers with a B.S. in civil
engineering or those who have been involved
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg, PA
in bridge design without the benefit of a formal
17120 [phone]
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
course in finite element analysis.
inch, $35 for VHS
Description: This videocassette is a technology
Computer Assisted Bridge Design and
transfer session, highlighting the history of hot
Drafting BRADD-2
sprayed metal coatings as used on bridge
Product: Videocassette, 34 minutes
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State and Local Highway Training and Technology Resources
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Minor Maintenance Manual for County
structural steel. It covers techniques for shop-
applied sprayed coating on field-assembled
Bridges
structural steel. (AV# 00682)
Product:Text
Target audience: Supervisors and work crews
Date produced: 1984
Source: Highway Extension and Research
Introduction to Bridges
Project for Indiana Counties and Cities
Product: Videocassette, 43 minutes
Contact: Charles F. Scholer, Director, Highway
Date produced: 1993
Extension and Research Project for Indiana
Source: University of Arkansas
Counties and Cities, Purdue University, Civil
Contact: Robert Alguire, Arkansas T2Program
Engineering Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Coordinator, University of Arkansas, Depart-
[phone]
Cost/terms: One copy free, multiple copies at
ment of Civil Engineering, 4190 Bell Engineering
Center, Fayetteville, AR 72701 [phone]
cost
Cost/terms:May duplicate
Description:This manual, writ ten by Brent
Description: This is a general introduction to
Roberts, Marion B. Scott and Charles F. Scholer,
the subject of bridges. It is intended as a
offers iriformation on the organization of a
qualitative treatment of the subject for road
maintenance program, maintenance operations
and bridge employees who have little, if any,
(approach, road, roadway, and superstructure
backgiound in structural enZneering concepts.
maintenance), substructure maintenance,
The videotape addresses such topics as:
chann el maintenance, recurring problems, a
types of bridges;
minor maintenance checklist, and bridge mainte-
kinds of loads that bridges have to carry;
nance report.
ways bridges are constructed to resist
Target audience: Personnel responsible for
those loads; and
bridge maintenance
kinds of stresses induced in the members
by these loads.
Pile Cap Replacement
This is part one of a new series on bridges.
Product: Videocassette (VHS), 13 minutes
Target audience: State, county, and city road
Date produced: 1991
and bridge personnel
Source: Oregon T2 Center, Oregon Department
of Transportation
Load Posted Bridges
Contact: W es Heidenreich, Coordinator, Oregon
Videocassette, 7 minutes
T2 Center, Oregon Department of Transporta-
Product:
tion, 2950 State Street, Salem, OR 97310 (503)
Date produced: 1988
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
378-3421
Cost/terms: Free loan, may duplicate
tation
Description: This videocassette shows the
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
procedure for replacing a timber pile cap
beneath a concrete surfaced bridge while the
PA
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg,
bridge remains open to traffic. Replacement of
17120 [phone]
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
the cap is aided by the use of rollers mounted
on brackets that clamp to the cap's supporting
inch, $35 for VHS
Description: Videocassette briefly describes the
piles.
Target audience: Maintenance supervisors and
requirements and responsibilities for load
posting bridges on public roads. It is suitable
crews
for local and county governments, public, or
Potential Gains Through Welded Wire
private associations. (AV# 00645)
Target audience: Local government officials,
Fabric Reinforcement
road superintendents
Product: Case history
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Bridges
Januaiy 1994
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
Source: American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal of Construction Engineering Management
inch, $35 for VHS
Description: This videotape alerts bridge inspec-
Contact: Terri Mawson, Membership Director,
tors to the problems of scour and its potential
Wire Reinforcement Institute, Inc., 1101 Con-
necticut Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC for bridge damage. (AV# 00752)
Target audience: Bridge inspectors
20036-4303 [phone]
.
Cost/terms: $2 each
Description: In this article authors Leonhard E.
Structural Concrete Inspection:
Bernhold and Peter Chang report a case history
Volume I and II
of a bridge built in Maryland in 1989. It com-
Product: Self-study course
pares the time and cost savings of welded wire
Date produced: 1983
fabric over rebar. The study was funded by the
Source: Louisiana Transportation Research
Maryland State Highway Administration.
Center
Target audience: Bridge designers
Contact: Joe Baker, Director of Technology
Transfer, Louisiana Transportation Research
Pre-stressed Concrete Bridge: Safety
Center, P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA
Inspection
70804-9245 [phone]
Cost/terms: Public agencies one free loan;
Product: Videocassette, 58 minutes
private $15 each/can't duplicate
Date produced: 1984
Description: Volume I of this programmed self-
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
study course provides an in-depth presentation
tation
of inspection procedures and construction
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
techniques used in the fabrication of Portland
sylvania Department of Transport ation Employ-
cement concrete structures. Students should
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg, PA
have a background in plan reading, basic con-
17120 [phone]
struction mathematics, and structural concrete
Cost/terms: Copies approximately $45 for 3/4-
inspection. (C0910A) Volume II provides an in-
inch, $35 for VHS
depth presentation of inspection procedures
Description: Various techniques of bridge
and construction techniques used in the
inspection for a two-man team are described. In
fabrication of PCC structures. Students should
the videotape a team checks tools and equip-
already have some background in plan reading,
ment and organizes a field trip to their assigned
basic construction math and structural concrete
bridges. The program shows a run-through of a
inspection. (C091 IA)
bridge inspection and examples of various
Target audience: Construction personnel
bridges' prestressed concrete beams. Historical
information on the development and fabrica-
tion of prestressed concrete beams is also
Structural Painting
included. (AV# 00161)
Product:Manual
Target audience: Bridge inspectors
Date produced: 1976
Source: Louisiana Department of Transporta-
Scour the Bridge: Engineers' Dilemma
tion and Development
Contact: Joe Baker, Director of Technology
Product: Videocassette, 20 minutes
Transfer, Louisiana Transport ation Research
Date produced: 1988
Center, P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
70804-9245 [phone]
tation
Cost/terms: Public agencies one free copy;
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
private $14/can't duplicate
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
Description: This manual covers paints and
ees Library, 903 T&S Building, Harrisburg, PA
procedures to be used when repainting or spot
17120 [phone]
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State and Local Highway Training and Technology Resources
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presents the closing comments of the Build
paintingbridges.(M3003A)
Better and Save with Modern Timber Bridges
Target audience: Bridge repair crews
Conference. (AV# 00608)
Timber Bridge Conference: Design of
Structural Repair of Concrete Cracks by
Bridges (44 minutes) This videotape
Injection of Epoxy Resin Adhesive
focuses on the design of timber bridges.
Product:Manual
(AV# 00604)
Date produced: 1989
Timber Bridge Conference: Different Bridge
Source: Louisiana Department of Transporta-
Types (22 minutes) This videocassette
tion and Development
discusses different types of timber bridges.
Contact: Joe Baker, Director of Technology
(AV# 00605)
Transfer, Louisiana Transportation Research
Timber Bridge Conference: Discussion of
Center, P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA
Raw Materials (22 minutes) This videotape
70804-9245 [phone]
discusses the raw materials used for timber
Cost/terms: Public agencies six-weeks loan/
bridges. (AV# 00599)
may duplicate; private $5/can't duplicate
Timber Bridge Conference: Fabrication and
Description: This manual covers the newer
Erection of Bridges (16 minutes) This
technological advances in dispensing equip-
videotape discusses the fabrication and
ment, materials, and techniques. It provides
erection of timber bridges. (AV# 00606)
practical information and guidelines to project
Timber Bridge Conference: Funding and
engineers as well as construction and mainte-
Assistance Programs (13 minutes) This
nance personnel who either perform epoxy
videotape discusses funding and assistance
injection repairs or inspect the work. The
programs for timber bridges. (AV# 00600)
manual includes an appendix, examples of
Timber Bridge Conference: General
forms, diagrams of equipment, and trouble-
Concepts and Costs (49 minutes) This
shooting guides. (M3004B)
videotape discusses general concepts and
Target audience: Bridge repair crews
costs of modern timber bridges. (AV#
00598)
Timber Bridge Conference: Build Better
Timber Bridge Conference: Pre-fabricated
and Save With Timber Bridges Series
and Packaged Bridges (20 minutes) This
videotape discusses pre-fabricated and
Product: Videocassette
packaged timber bridges. (AV# 00601)
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
Timber Bridge Conference: Specifications
tation
and Standards (19 minutes) This videotape
Contact: Pam Meloy, Assistant Librarian, Penn-
discusses specifications and standards for
sylvania Department of Transportation Employ-
Harrisburg, PA
timber bridges. (AV# 00602)
ees Library, 903 T&S Building,
Timber Bridge Conference: Timber
17120 [phone]
Preservative Treatments (12 minutes) This
Cost/terms: Copies approxiniately $45 for 3/4-
videotape discusses preservative
inch, $35 for VHS each
treatments for timber bridges. (AV# 00603)
Description: The series includes the following:
Timber Bridge Conference: Use and
Timber Bridge Conference: Build Better and
Maintenance of Bridges (19 minutes) This
Save With Timber Bridges (24 minutes) This
videotape discusses the use and
timber bridge conference video provides
maintenance of timber bridges. (AV# 00607)
general information on modern timber
Target audience: Construction crews, supervi-
bridges while focusing on a stressed bridge
sors, general
installed at College Township, Pennsylvania
in May, 1987. (AV# 00597)
Timber Bridge Conference: Closing
Comments (16 minutes) This videotape
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