Aaron and Matt Are the RMC Registration Winners!

by | Sep 1, 2021 | LTAP

Delaware local agency personnel that registered early for the Roadway Management Conference (RMC) were entered into a drawing for two free registrations and we drew our winners on August 23.  Wally the Work Zone Warrior stopped by the office to officiate and help...

Slurry Seal

by | Aug 3, 2021 | LTAP

We have been carrying on about the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance (PPRA) Treatment Toolbox, a free, online resource for your pavement preservation planning in several newsletter articles and we regret nothing.  Pavement preservation is an essential...

Construction Plan Reading Basics – Shop Drawings

by | Aug 3, 2021 | LTAP

We started exploring plan reading last October with a look at stationing and then in January we explained various “views” one encounters in construction plans.  If you thought those were exciting, you are going to love it as we turn our attention to shop drawings and...

Positively Motivating Personnel

by | Aug 3, 2021 | LTAP

You want to attract and keep the most creative, innovative, energetic, smartest people, right?  Of course, you do; everybody does.  So how do you create the environment at your agency that puts that little mission statement into action?  You’ve told yourself you can’t...

Strategic Workforce Development

by | Jul 7, 2021 | LTAP

We don’t need to tell the construction industry about difficulty finding qualified workers, particularly as the field is evolving through a sea of emerging technologies that require new skills.  The public works community faces similar challenges.  The Federal Highway...

Intersections – a Focus Area of the Delaware SHSP

by | Jul 7, 2021 | LTAP

The Delaware Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) has been updated for 2021-2025.  Overseen by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security, the Delaware State Police, and 28 statewide Stakeholder...