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Transportation Quality Assurance Terms and Improved Communications Practices


Date(s)
July 10, 2014 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM U.S. Eastern
Cost (for your seat)
$89.00
Professional Development Hours for this webinar
2.00 hour(s)
Continuing Education Hours for this webinar
AAE: 0.00 hour(s)
AICP: 2.00 hour(s)
CLE: 0.00 hour(s)
Details
TRB conducted a webinar on July 10, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that summarized the terminology found in Transportation Research Circular E-C173: Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms. Webinar presenters reviewed the terminology and highlighted improved communications practices to help execute a quality assurance program. A certificate for two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) was provided to attendees who registered and attended the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.


Webinar Presenters
  • Rick Bradbury, Maine Department of Transportation
  • Tim Aschenbrener, Federal Highway Administration - Resource Center
  • Adam Hand, Granite Construction
Moderated by: Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas


Webinar Outline
  • PART 1: Quality assurance elements
  • PART 2: Types of specifications
  • PART 3: Acceptance plans
  • PART 4: Measuring quality
  • PART 5: Contracting for quality
  • PART 6: Process control
  • PART 7: Statistics
  • PART 8: Test measure exactness
  • PART 9: Risk management
  • PART 10: Question and answer session
The first 90 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:
  • Define the terms that are core elements of quality assurance;
  • Compare and contrast similar quality assurance terms;
  • Identify areas that may be commonly vulnerable in a quality assurance program; and
  • Identify areas that may be commonly strong in a quality assurance program.
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Registration Information
 There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:
  • TRB and National Academies employees;
  • Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
  • CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
  • Members of the media;
  • Employees of tribal governments; and
  • Members of Congress or their staff.
Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, RGillum@nas.edu, with their license number.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in December 2013. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, PO Box 1686, Clemson, SC, 29633. Website: http://www.RCEP.net.


American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar has been approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for two Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.