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Michigan's Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) serves state, county, and municipal transportation personnel. Its mission is to bridge the gap between research and practice by conducting training sessions, providing engineering technical assistance, and serving as a clearinghouse for information related to state-of-the-art technology in the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure.
2021 Michigan Winter Operations Conference is coming! Stay tuned for more information.
The 2021 Michigan Winter Operations Conference is being offered on October 19-20. Stay tuned for more information about this event.
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Michigan LTAP's Headline News
Want to read about the Michigan LTAP's headline news-worthy efforts? Check out these stories:
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Upcoming Training
When: Thursday, September 2, 2021 (10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT)
Hosted by Center for Technology & Training @ WebinarDuring the Bridge Asset Management Part 1 & Part 2 Webinars participants will be introduced to bridge asset management principles, condition, maintenance, and optimal preservation actions and related cost estimates. Participants will learn how these knowledge areas come together in a bridge asset management plan.
Part 2 will cover: Cost Estimating, Optimizing Bridge Preservation Actions
Information about other asset management trainings can be found in the event flyer.
When: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 @ 9:00AM EDT - Thursday, June 17, 2021 @ 11:00AM EDT
Hosted by Center for Technology & Training @ WebinarRegistration for this event closes on June 14th.
PASER training will be virtual this year and conducted over 3 days. You do need to attend all three days of the series for which you register in order to complete the training. The June training will take place from from 9am-11am each day. The topics covered are included below.
> June 15: Pavement Distress
> June 16: Intro to Data Collection & PASER, Council Updates, Data Collection & Rating Rules
> June 17: Rating Exercises
Details on who needs to complete the training can be found in the event flyer and in the TAMC Policy for Collection of Roadway Surface Collection Data.
When: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 @ 1:00PM EDT - Tuesday, June 29, 2021 @ 3:00PM EDT
Hosted by Center for Technology & Training @ WebinarThis 4-webinar workshop takes place June 8, 15, 22, & 29 (Tuesdays) - 1:00pm-3:00pm (ET)
A wide variety of tasks and skills are necessary to utility management that leads to sustainability and capacity needed to protect public health and serve the public. This four-webinar workshop introduces operators and managers to strategies for successful utility planning tasks. During this workshop, attendees will write a mission statement, create an emergency response plan for a system vulnerability, estimate the expected remaining life of an asset and create a replacement plan, create a standard operating procedure for a task, assess their utility's performance according to the 10 effective utility management elements, and create measurable strategic goals for their utility using a balanced score card.
Registration for this event closes on June 7th.
When: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 (9:00AM - 11:00AM EDT)
Hosted by Center for Technology & Training @ WebinarThis is the second part of a two-part webinar series that will cover advanced topics in the AASHTOWare Bridge Rating™ software. Registration for each part of the series is separate. Check the flyer for registration links to additional bridge load rating training.
Registration for this event closes on June 27th.
When: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 (10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT)
Hosted by Center for Technology & Training @ WebinarDuring the Bridge Asset Management Part 1 & Part 2 Webinars participants will be introduced to bridge asset management principles, condition, maintenance, and optimal preservation actions and related cost estimates. Participants will learn how these knowledge areas come together in a bridge asset management plan.
Part 1 will cover: Intro to Bridge Asset Management, Bridge Condition - Evaluatiins & Assessing Needs, Available Maintenance Options
Information about other asset management trainings can be found in the event flyer.
When: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 (9:00AM - 11:00AM EDT)
Hosted by Center for Technology & Training @ WebinarThis webinar will help local agency personnel and/or their consultants to produce a "compliance plan" - a transportation asset management plan that contains information required to comply with PA325. Participants will learn how to use a World document template of the compliance plan and the tools to merge their data into the template. Appendixes containing supporting detail about the compliance plan information will be convered in the bridge and pavement trainings listed in the flyer.
