Guardrail Design & Installation for Tennessee Local Agencies - Online Workshop

June 8-9, 2021

(8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time)

PDHs AVAILABLE

7 Professional Development Hours can be granted for this course. No partial credit available. Attendees must attend at least 90% of each day of the workshop to get 7 PDHs.

WHAT THIS IS ABOUT

Tennessee Transportation Assistance Program, in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, would like to provide you with the opportunity to attend a series of virtual live workshops on guardrail systems. This program is funded under the FHWA FAST ACT with the objective of improving the safety of our nation's highways.

This training will help participants:

verify that a traffic barrier (guardrail) is the best treatment to use at a specific site,
understand the principles of good guardrail system design,
identify installations that may not adequately shield all the significant hazards or secondary hazards, and
recognize common installation and maintenance errors for guardrail runs and terminals and know how to avoid them.

This workshop is divided into three sessions. All participants must participate in Session 1. Session 2A primarily addresses engineers who are responsible for the design of guardrail systems. Session 2B targets the needs of local agency personnel who are responsible for the installation, maintenance, and inspection of guardrail systems. Most participants will only need to attend two of the three sessions, but you may attend all three sessions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This training is provided to all local agency (counties, cities, and towns) personnel in Tennessee who are responsible for the design, installation, inspection, or maintenance of guardrail systems.

INSTRUCTOR

William Fitzgerald
William Fitzgerald is a former FHWA employee who specialized in geometric and roadside safety design issues for much of his 30-year career. As a certified NHI instructor, he was the principal developer of the NHI Guardrail Installer Training course, for which he is the primary instructor. Additionally, William currently teaches the AASHTO Roadside Safety Design training course through NHI. He has been acknowledged as an instructor of Excellence for several years by the National Highway Institute.

AGENDA

Module 1: All Participants

Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Topics:

The clear zone concept.
When roadside barriers may be warranted.
Optimal design of guardrail system installations.
Appropriate end treatments per site conditions.
Principles of good barrier performance.

Module 2A: Designers

Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 8:30 AM - Noon EDT

Topics:

Determining Length of Need (LON).
Special designs to use when standard barrier installation is not practical.
Identification of possible deficiencies in new guardrail designs or existing installations.

Module 2B: Installers and Inspectors

Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Topics:

Special designs to use when standard guardrail installation is not practical.
Identify possible deficiencies in new guardrail designs or existing installations.
Optimize crash performance (and reduce liability) by avoiding common errors in guardrail and terminal installations.

REGISTRATION

Details coming soon.