Transcript Idaho Transportation Department’s Resident Engineer Academy

Idaho Transportation Department’s
Resident Engineer Academy
• Goal: Educate Department personnel on an
RE’s myriad responsibilities for the
administration of construction contracts.
• The target audience is REs, their construction
project managers and Construction Section
associates.
• Courses were held in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Another will be held this year
• The RE Academy is divided into four sessions.
• Three sessions take place one week per month
for three successive months.
• Participants must attend all three sessions.
• The sessions are held at off-campus sites
conducive to the intense training provided.
• Each session lasts from 1:00 PM on Monday until
noon on Friday.
• The fourth session “Essential of Management”
may be taken before or after the three session
and is offered through the Human Resources
Department.
• The successive three sessions include roleplaying, situational problem solving and other
participatory activities gleaned from real
experiences to keep attendees actively involved.
• Training staff support the subject matter experts
and guest speakers who present the materials.
• All six assistant district engineers are presenters.
• The management session requires participants to
take part in a number of activities that simulate
duties that managers are expected to perform.
Three Session Topics
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INTRODUCTION (½ hr)
STRATEGIC PLAN (1 ½ hrs)
SECTION 100 (2 hrs)
ENVIRONMENTAL (12 hrs)
*ROLE OF DESIGN IN
CONSTRUCTION (8 hrs)
• *SCHEDULING (8 hrs)
• FHWA (2 hrs)
• SAFETY (OSHA 10-hr safety)
* Presented by ADE.
• *PROJECT ORGANIZATION
AND MANAGEMENT (9 hrs)
• ADA (1 hr)
• TRAFFIC CONTROL (2 hrs)
• *CHANGE CONTROL (8 hrs)
• LEGAL (2 hrs)
• TORTS (2 hrs)
• *RECORD KEEPING (16 hrs)
• *CLAIMS (8 hrs)
• CIVIL RIGHTS (4 hrs)