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Winter Weather Training Maintenance Session Tuesday, October 11, 2011 85 th Annual Transportation Short Course Bryan, TX
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Winter Weather Training
Maintenance Session Tuesday, October 11, 2011
85th Annual Transportation Short Course
Bryan, TX
BY THE NUMBERS…
SLIDE 1.2
25 The number of TxDOT Districts we
were tasked to reach with this winter weather training curriculum
May 23, 2011
Contract start date for this implementation project
SLIDE 1.3
2011
January S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
February S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
March S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
April S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
May S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
June S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
August S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
September S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
two Number of winter weather training
courses we committed to develop… management and operations
SLIDE 1.4
Duration, in contact hours, of the
Winter Weather Management Training
class
SLIDE 1.5
• Priority assigned to Maintenance Section Supervisors as the intended audience for this training
SLIDE 1.6
EIGHT Number of
instructional modules in the Winter Weather Management Training Course
SLIDE 1.7
District Snow and Ice Control Plan
INTRODUCTION SLIDE 1.8
MO
DU
LE 1
“Centerline Bare” PAVEMENT SURFACE CONDITION
LEVEL OF SERVICE SLIDE 2.9
MO
DU
LE 2
Redundancy LINES OF COMMUNICATION
ORGANIZATION SLIDE 3.10
What will you do if your primary communications system fails?
MO
DU
LE 3
Winter Maintenance Zones (PRELIMINARY) CLIMATE AND WINTER OPERATIONS
WEATHER SLIDE 4.11
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS IN JANUARY TEMPERATURE LESS THAN/ EQUAL TO 32 DEG F
R4.1 [4.21]
MO
DU
LE 4
Best Practices CHEMICALS… THE ENVIRONMENT
SLIDE 5.12 MATERIALS
MO
DU
LE 5
MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF ICE AND SNOW
MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL
EQUIPMENT SLIDE 6.13
MO
DU
LE 6
Focus on Calibration PRE-SEASON EQUIPMENT CHECK
SLIDE 7.14 PRE-SEASON PREPARATION
R7.6 [7.45]
MO
DU
LE 7
The Traveling Public
WINTER STORM OPERATIONS SLIDE 8.15
MO
DU
LE 8
871 • Our working estimate of the
number of TxDOT management personnel invited to attend the Winter Weather Management Training course
SLIDE 1.16
SLIDE 1.17
five Number of regional
training courses planned in order to reach all attendees
500 • Number of
brochures we printed to help you publicize this course for your district management personnel
SLIDE 1.18
SLIDE 1.19
94
Average length of the winter season, in days, for the TxDOT Bryan District
THANK YOU! William D. Lawson, PE, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Lubbock, TX 806.742.3521 (phone) [email protected]
