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Enhanced Horizontal Curve Safety Treatments
Course number
CE-03-903
PDH credits
3
Enhanced Horizontal Curve Safety Treatments Author: Gregory Taylor The purpose of this course is to encourage you to use this information to evaluate problems and implement appropriate treatments for problem curve locations. These enhanced safety treatments can help reduce roadway departure crashes, injuries, and fatalities. This course summarizes practical information on where, when, or how…
Basic Horizontal Curve Safety Treatments
Course number
CE-03-902
PDH credits
3
Basic Horizontal Curve Safety Treatments Author: Gregory Taylor The purpose of this course is to present basic safety treatments that may be used for problem horizontal curve locations. These treatments can be used to reduce and/or prevent roadway departure crashes, injuries, and fatalities. This course summarizes practical information regarding the application of basic MUTCD safety…
Open-Graded Friction Course
Course number
CE-02-901
PDH credits
2
Open-Graded Friction Course Author: Gregory Taylor This course presents an introduction to today’s roadway open-graded friction courses (OGFC). Participants will be given an in-depth look at the principles and potential trade-offs to be considered when selecting and designing OGFCs. By combining this course material with work experience and engineering judgment, the participant may produce plans…
An Integrated Framework to Restore Small Urban Watersheds
Course number
CE-02-601
PDH credits
5
An Integrated Framework to Restore Small Urban Watersheds Urban watershed restoration has recently evolved into a growing and sophisticated practice. This course introduces the basic concepts and techniques of urban watershed restoration, and sets forth the overall framework used to evaluate subwatershed restoration potential. It presents the basic concepts used to restore urban streams, and…
Complete Streets Design Guidelines
Course number
CE-02-501
PDH credits
8
Complete Streets Design Guidelines “Complete Streets” is a national movement that includes the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), state departments of transportation (DOTs), metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), cities, counties, nonprofits and others. Complete streets offers a valuable approach to providing alternatives to traffic congestion, making places safer and more livable, reducing environmental impacts, and a host…
Bridge Design – Concrete Decks
Course number
CE-02-408
PDH credits
2
Bridge Design – Concrete Decks One of the major advancements in bridge construction in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century was the development and use of prestressed concrete. Prestressed concrete bridges offer a broad range of engineering solutions and a variety of aesthetic opportunities. This course includes state-of-the-art information relative…
Stormwater Best Management Practices
Course number
CE-02-305
PDH credits
1
Stormwater Best Management Practices Low Impact Development (LID) is an alternative site design strategy that uses natural and engineered infiltration and storage techniques to control storm water where it is generated. This introductory course provides an overview of best management practices (BMPs) for stormwater management with a focus on sustainability. Fifteen different devices, ranging from…
Impacts of Animals on Earthen Dams
Course number
CE-02-205
PDH credits
10
Impacts of Animals on Earthen Dams There are about 80,000 dams in the United States, and many of them are nearing the end of their expected lives. Proper maintenance and control of problems associated with animals can extend the useful life of many dams. Towards this end, FEMA and the Association of State Dam Safety…