The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
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The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
Bradley Sant
Vice President, Safety & Education
American Road & Transportation Builders Association
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You know who we are . . .
World’s largest “cyber-library” of information on road construction safety:
- Best practices
- Laws and regulations
- Public awareness campaigns
- Work zone products
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You know who we are . . .
- Training and educational materials
- Accident and fatality data
- Over 100,000 users each year
- Free, customized research
- http://wzsafety.tamu.edu
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Come see what we've become!
wzsafety.com...wzsafety.tamu.edu...wzsafety.org...
workzonesafety.org...wzsafety.net
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A completely redesigned state-of-the-art website!
- Coming fall 2007
- Webinar Conferences
- Video Library
- ListServe
- Expanded data resources
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National Conference
National Traffic Management and Work Zone Safety Conference
- October 9-11, 2007
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- with Intertraffic North America
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Training Resources
Repository for quality training programs
- Temporary Traffic Control
- OSHA and Worker Safety
- Conference and Training Listings
- On-Line Training Courses (future)
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Bringing together work zone safety resources!
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ARTBA-TDF
- Amount: $3.5 million
- Kickoff — October 18, 2006
- Key Staff: Brad Sant, Jerry Ullman & Lisa McCluskey
- Sect 1410. National nonprofit foundation
- Assembling and disseminating, electronically or otherwise, information relating to the improvement of work zone safety.
- www.workzonesafety.org
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ARTBA-TDF
Primary tasks
- Update website infrastructure (hardware & software)
- Update and expand content
- Maintain Clearinghouse research and operations
- Collect, develop and disseminate work zone safety information
- Develop and conduct educational and training programs
- Develop and conduct outreach and marketing activities
- Evaluate, track and report on Clearinghouse progress and success
- Work with FHWA to gather and disseminate work zone safety materials and statistics
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Contact Us
- Bradley Sant
- bsant@artba.org
- 202-289-4434
- Lisa McCluskey
- lmccluskey@artba.org
- 202-289-4434
- Jerry Ullman
- g-Ullman@tamu.edu
- 979-845-9908
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The NEW Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse!
Categories: Training | FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant Program
