A quality assurance program ensures that materials and construction meet the requirements of approved plans and specifications. Given the high turnover in the pavement and materials field, uniform guidance is essential for training new engineers, technicians, and inspectors. TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern that will provide an introduction to quality assurance components; discuss variability, risks, and pay factors; and identify indicators of material certification testing fraud.
This webinar is the first of a two-part series. The second webinar, Quality Assurance of Transportation Materials and Construction—Part II, will be held in March 2025.
This webinar is sponsored by TRB’s Standing Technical Committee on Quality Assurance Management.
Registration is free for employees of TRB sponsors as well as Titanium and Cobalt Global Affiliates. The registration rate for all other attendees is $100. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.
A recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.
 
Webinar agenda and presenters

• Introduction to quality assurance components – Dennis Dvorak, retired Federal Highway Administration Resource Center
• Evaluating acceptance and payment risk – Rick Bradbury, Maine Department of Transportation
• Indicators for material certification and testing fraud – Mike Copeland, Idaho Department of Transportation
• Question and answer session moderated by Mark Felag, Mark Felag, P.E. LLC

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.
 
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Explore the basics of quality assurance and explain why it should be implemented by agencies
• Understand the variability, risks, and pay factors from both the agency's and contractor's perspectives
• Identify indicators for material certification and testing fraud

 
Professional Development Hours
Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.
This webinar will be delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.
 
Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.
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Registration questions? Contact TRB webinar program.