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(formerly called ArcGIS I)

ArcGIS Desktop II will teach the range of functionality available in ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 and the essential tools for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data.

(formerly called ArcGIS II)

ArcGIS Desktop III will include how to apply ArcGIS tools in a workflow context with a focus on working with data stored in a geodatabase and performing geo processing and analysis.  Exercises will include how to organize and edit data stored in a geodatabase, prepare data for analysis, create and edit geoprocessing models using ModelBuilder, and work through a challenging analysis project.

Drilled shafts are an alternate type of deep foundation that may be more cost effective and perform better than other types of deep foundations in bridge piers at river crossings and in retrofit operations, high-mast lighting, earth retaining structures, single-column piers, and similar applications. This course provides participants with specific technical guidance on all aspects of designing, installing, and monitoring the construction of drilled shafts. The lessons address the following topics: applications, advantages, and disadvantages of drilled shafts for transportation structure foundations; general requirements for subsurface investigations; construction methods; construction case histories; construction specifications; principles of designing drilled shafts for axial and lateral loading; expansive soils, downdrag, and similar effects; load testing; inspection; integrity testing; repair and retrofit of defective shafts; and cost estimation. The participants will receive a comprehensive reference manual on drilled shaft construction and design used by engineers who perform detailed designs of drilled shafts, write construction specifications, and evaluate the performance of contractors through a comprehensive inspection program.

The target audience for this course includes geotechnical engineers, bridge designers, and resident engineers. The course embraces both construction and design, and it is important that all participants attend all lessons, not just those in their immediate areas of interest. A key issue is how the details of construction affect the way in which a drilled shaft should be designed and how the intent of the design affects inspection. Participants are expected to have a degree in engineering for which they have passed an undergraduate course in soil mechanics and/or have successfully completed NHI course FHWA-NHI-132012 Soils and Foundations Workshop. This course is intended for field or laboratory personnel with a background in engineering.

Primary Objective:
Learner will know what must be done to coordinate with FEMA Regarding development in a floodplain.

The course explains the two types of force accounts; process roles and responsibilities; documents and tools needed; documenting the force account in the field; verifying the contractor’s force account detail per specifications; paying and processing the force account detail. Force Accounting is a 12 hour course recommended for field and office technicians, project supervisors and resident engineers.

This course is designed to include participants from highway agencies and from utilities.  To maximize the effectiveness of the course, hosting agencies are encouraged to include participants from both communities.
This course presets the fundamentals of effective coordination of utility relocation and accommodation issues throughout the planning, design, construction, and maintenance phases of a highway project.  Participants from both highway and utility communities will be involved throughout the course, sharing their knowledge and expertise, and collaborating in workshops, exercises, and other activities.  The course includes methods for measuring the attainment of learning objectives.  Two instructors will facilitate the course, one experienced in highway matters, the other in utility matters.

• Defined

• Importance - Why Have Them?

• Internal Control Components

• Internal Control Elements associated with each Component

• Practical Examples and Application of Internal Controls

• Distinction between Recipient and Sub-Recipient

• Distinction between Sub-Recipient and Vendors

• Roles and Responsibilities

• Administrative, Programmatic, and Other Requirements

• Relationship of OMB Circulars

• Applicability of OMB Circulars

  • Basic Guidelines

  • Composition of Cost

  • Direct and Indirect Cost

• The Sub award Agreement
   
• Sub-Recipient Monitoring

The ArcGIS® geo processing framework includes a scripting environment, and Python is the scripting language included with ArcGIS. This course introduces the Python scripting language and shows how it can be used to access and automate geoprocessing functionality. Students learn Python scripting syntax, and then begin writing scripts to automate geoprocessing operations. Students also learn how to incorporate Python scripts as custom tools in ArcToolbox.

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for experienced ArcGIS users who want to learn how to automate everyday processes or create complex analytical scripts. ARC Macro Language (AML™) and Avenue™ programmers who want to write scripts for ArcGIS will also find the course of interest.

Prerequisites
Students should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop and Introduction to ArcGIS II or have equivalent knowledge. Basic programming skills, such as using loops and conditional statements, are also required.

This course has two purposes:

Learning Objectives
You will be able to:
    -Launch the Pen program from your Computer
    -Correctly complete basic Pen function:
         Daily Diary
         Inserting a drawing
         Authorizing payment of bid items
         Force Account Report
         Concrete Report
         Sand Cone Density Report
         Nuclear Density Report
         Maintenance and Protection of Traffic
             (MPT and   MPTL documentation
         Some other forms
    -Upload and download data to and from the Pen
         database

By the end of the training session, the user will be able to build and modify the following supplemental agreements; Change Order, Force Account, Procedural Change Order, Minor Alteration Letter by using Arizona Department of Transportation business practices, applications and Roadway specifications.

The goal is to standardize how contract revisions are created. By providing uniform data, the Highway Plans group and Contracts and Specifications group will be able to put together plans or bids with less errors or oversights. Currently, each Org has its own ideas regarding how to create and write Change Orders, Force Accounts, Minor Alteration Letters, and Procedural Change Orders. This application is a tool that ADOT Senior Leaders can now use to determine when contract revisions are occurring. They can also generate reports to determine if revisions to plans/bids may be needed in the future.

This course covers important aspects associated with the design and construction of soil slopes and embankments. It is intended to provide transportation earthwork professionals with knowledge to recognize potential problems with soil slope/embankment stability and deformation in transportation projects. Participants will develop the skills necessary to design and evaluate soil slopes and embankments and learn about the implications for construction and inspections. The course embraces both design and construction. It is important for all participants to attend all lessons, not just those in their immediate areas of interest.

The target audience for this course includes FHWA, State, and local highway agency employees; college and university faculty; and consultant engineers/geologists who are involved in the analysis, design, construction, maintenance, and remediation of soil slopes and embankments on surface transportation facilities. An undergraduate degree in civil engineering or equivalent engineering experience in the highway/transportation field is desirable.

Define a contract change and describe what is allowable as a contract change.

Navigate in the Specifications and determine what is allowable, relative to changes, in the Contractor’s work.

Select, write, and prepare the different types of Supplemental Agreements.

Name and describe the roles of authorities in the SA process.

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Workshop Objectives
-To educate noise practitioners on the fundamentals of pavements.
-To educate pavement practitioners on the fundamentals of noise.
-To understand tire-pavement noise and how it fits into the bigger picture.
-To understand the fundamentals of measuring and interpreting noise.
-To examine current practices for designing and constructing quieter pavements.
-To learn of research and policy directions related to tire-pavement noise.