When risk management is proactively integrated into organizational decision-making, with risks clearly officially documented and considered, it leads to better management of resources and a culture of preparedness. TRB hosted a webinar on Monday, October 27, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Eastern that focused on three levels of risk management: enterprise, program, and project. Presenters shared key needs, challenges, and knowledge gaps associated with integrating risk management, along with evidence-based strategies to sustain these practices within transportation agencies. Presenters also introduced a website and digital content that provide guidance, examples, and tools to support transportation stakeholders in building and maintaining effective risk management frameworks.
This webinar was based on NCHRP Research Report 1146: Risk Management at State DOTs: Building Momentum and Sustaining the Practice.
This webinar was sponsored by TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
The slides are available. 
 
Webinar agenda and presenters

• Building formal risk management within transportation agencies – Candice De, Jacobs Engineering
• Integrating and sustaining risk management in transportation agencies – Melissa Savage, Jacobs Engineering
• Question and answer session moderated by Mara Campbell, Jacobs Engineering

The first 40 minutes of the webinar were for presentations and the final 20 minutes were reserved for audience questions.
 
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants can:

• Formalize risk management within their organization
• Sustain risk management within their organization
• Identify key needs, challenges, and knowledge gaps with integrating risk management within agencies

 
Professional Development Hours
This webinar was delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.
Professional Development Hours (PDHs) earned on completion of this program were reported to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Certificates of Completion are issued to all participants via the RCEP.net online system. Complaints about registered providers may be addressed to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Fl., Washington, DC, 20005.