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Winter Head Protection

Posted & filed under Technical Articles.

You know the deal with scarf and caps. While being fashionable when mixed and matched with clothing, they become indispensable tools when used as protection during winter.

Yet when these winter garments are used as “winter liners” in the workplace, they spell a different story. While it’s all too easy to just slip them under your hard hat or helmet, there are certain guidelines you must stick to. Here they are:

  • Employers or safety coordinators must see to it that employees don only winter liners that are specifically designed with the helmet or hard hat they have to wear.
  • Caps, scarf, cloth and other garments as winter liners must be made of plastic, fabric or other suitable materials for the job.
  • When making use of colored materials, make sure they are fast-dyed. You may also use an outer surface that is water-resistant.
  • Winter liners coupled with Class B helmets must NOT have metal parts.

Source: http://www.safetyservicescompany.com/topic/ppe/engineering-controls-and-additional-head-protection-for-winter/

EDC Idaho

Posted & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative.

Idaho Hosts 3-D Peer Exchange

An Idaho workshop and peer exchange on 3-D engineered models for construction drew more than 60 participants from public agencies and private industry. The Idaho Transportation Department and Federal Highway Administration organized the event. Topics included applications of 3-D models during design, using 3-D models for construction engineering and quality assurance, and creating implementation plans. Participants also shared successes and lessons learned.

Idaho Accelerates Bridge Project

The Idaho Transportation Department received an FHWA Highways for LIFE grant to use accelerated bridge construction techniques on a project to replace two bridges on State Highway 75 near Challis. Crews replaced the bridge over the East Fork and the bridge over the main channel of the Salmon River on Highway 75. They used precast concrete bridge elements to finish in one construction season.

Source: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/edcnews/index.cfm

Idaho Slides New Bridge Into Place

Posted & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative.

From the Center of Accelerating Innovation

The Idaho Transportation Department used slide-in bridge construction to move the new Lardo Bridge over the North Fork Payette River on Idaho 55 into place. Crews began the slide on the morning of October 27 and had it finished in a few hours. The $3.64 million Lardo Bridge is the first new one the Idaho Transportation Department has built using the lateral slide construction method, which reduces full closure of the bridge by months. It’s expected to be opened to traffic by mid-November.

EDC Upcoming Events

Posted & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative.

Innovation Sessions at EDC-3 Regional Summits, Every Day Counts webinars, various dates through December 10, 2014. Register here.

Design-Build Project Delivery: Project Selection Process, Every Day Counts webinar, November 6, 2014, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Register here.

Design-Build Project Delivery: Owner-Agency Planning for Success, Every Day Counts webinar, November 13, 2014, 12:30 to 2 p.m. ET. Register here.

The Future: Adding Time, Cost and Other Information to 3-D Models, Every Day Counts webinar, November 19, 2014, 1 to 3:30 p.m. ET. Register here.

Design-Build Project Delivery: Procurement Process, Every Day Counts webinar, November 20, 2014, 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Register here.

Improving DOT and Railroad Coordination, Strategic Highway Research Program 2 webinar, December 11, 2014, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Register here

About EDC

Every Day Counts, a state-based initiative of the Federal Highway Administration’s Center for Accelerating Innovation, works with state, local and private sector partners to encourage the adoption of proven technologies and innovations to shorten and enhance project delivery.

Middle Fork Boise River Road is scheduled to open Friday (10/31/2014) at 6 p.m.

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Middle Fork Boise River Road is scheduled to open Friday (10/31/2014) at 6 p.m.

Boise – The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council has announced that after excellent progress on construction repairs, the Middle Fork Boise River Road will reopen this week ahead of schedule. The road will reopen Friday, October 31, 2014 at 6 p.m. (more…)