Category:Design Basic Training

2025 SCOPING MANUAL

The 2025 Scoping Manual class is scheduled for July 16, 2025 via Microsoft Teams. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

2025 PAVEMENT OPERATIONS

The 2025 Pavement Operations class is scheduled for July 8, 2025 via Microsoft Teams. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

2025 PAVEMENT MARKING

The 2025 Pavement Marking class is scheduled for April 9, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Mary Bramble and Casey White with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams link. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Pavement Marking - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Pavement Marking - Attendance Sheets

Presentation Slides

Pavement Marking - Presentation Slides

2025 GUARDRAIL DESIGN

The 2025 Guardrail Design class is scheduled for March 20, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The presenter is Carlos Torres with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams link. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Guardrail Design - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Guardrail Design - Morning Session

Guardrail Design - Afternoon Session

Course Materials

Guardrail Design - Course Materials

Presentation Slides

Guardrail Design - Presentation Slides

2025 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

The 2025 ADA training class is scheduled for Friday February 14, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams. Due to popular demand, this is a repeat of the ADA training presented on December 11, 2024. The presenters are Bill Campbell and Chris Brookes with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams link. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

2024 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

The 2024 ADA training class is scheduled for Wednesday December 11, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Bill Campbell and Chris Brookes with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams link. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

ADA - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

ADA - Attendance Sheets

Presentation Slides

ADA - Accessible Design for Permanent Construction

ADA - Work Zone Safety - How to make your projects ADA Compliant

2024 CRANE 101 TRAINING

The 2024 Crane 101 Training class is scheduled for Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Kyle Kopper with MDOT and Bob Jones, Travis Kaess, and Bill Deacon with RS&H. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams link. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Crane 101 Training - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Crane 101 Training - Attendance Sheets

Crane Assessment Tools

Crane 101 Training - Crane Assessment Tools

Example Project

Crane 101 Training - Example Project

Presentation Slides

Crane 101 Training - Presentation Slides

2024 CONSULTANT BID SHEET TRAINING

The 2024 Consultant Bid Sheet Training class is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2024 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Carol Rademacher and Mike Meddaugh with MDOT and Bob Rayl with RS Engineering. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams link. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Consultant Bid Sheet Training - Agenda

Presentation Slides

Consultant Bid Sheet Training - Presentation Slides

2024 PROJECT QUANTITY SPREADSHEET

The 2024 Project Quantity Spreadsheet classes are scheduled below via Microsoft Teams. The presenter is Luke Arnold with MDOT. See the Agendas below for more information including the Teams and Survey links. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agendas

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Road Design - 6/4/2024 (9AM-12PM) - Agenda

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Bridge Design - 6/4/2024 (1PM-4PM) - Agenda

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Signal Design - 6/11/2024 (9AM-12PM) - Agenda

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Log Projects - 6/11/2024 (1PM-3PM) - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Road Design - Attendance Sheets

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Bridge Design - Attendance Sheets

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Signal Design - Attendance Sheets

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Log Projects - Attendance Sheets

Examples

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Road Design - Example

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Bridge Design - Example

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Signal Design - Example

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Log Projects - Example

Presentation Slides

Project Quantity Spreadsheet - Presentation Slides

2024 WORK ZONE SAFETY

The 2024 Work Zone Safety Design Basic Training class is scheduled for Wednesday April 10, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Chris Brookes, Chuck Bergmann and Sarah Hoffman with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Teams and Survey links. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Work Zone Safety - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Work Zone Safety - Attendance Sheets

Presentation Slides

Work Zone Safety - Presentation Slides

2023 GUARDRAIL DESIGN

The 2023 Guardrail Design class is scheduled for November 1, 2023 via Microsoft Teams. The presenter is Carlos Torres with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Guardrail Design - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Guardrail Design - Morning Session

Guardrail Design - Afternoon Session

Course Materials

Guardrail Design - Flare Rates

Guardrail Design - B021J

Guardrail Design - B022E

Guardrail Design - B023F

Guardrail Design - B025K

Guardrail Design - B026F

Guardrail Design - B027A

Guardrail Design - B028A

Guardrail Design - B029A

Guardrail Design - B050A

Guardrail Design - R027F

Guardrail Design - R030G

Guardrail Design - R032F

Guardrail Design - R032SD

Guardrail Design - R033G

Guardrail Design - R055G

Guardrail Design - R056F

Guardrail Design - R059E

Guardrail Design - R060J

Guardrail Design - R062H

Guardrail Design - R063C

Guardrail Design - R066E

Guardrail Design - R067G

Guardrail Design - R067SD

Guardrail Design - R071C

Guardrail Design - R072D

Guardrail Design - R073F

Guardrail Design - R074D

Guardrail Design - R105D

Guardrail Design - erdm03

Guardrail Design - erdm07

Guardrail Design - spdet21

Guardrail Design - spdet24

Guardrail Design - spdet99

Presentation Slides

Guardrail Design - Presentation Slides

2023 RAILROAD COORDINATION

The 2023 Railroad Coordination class is scheduled for June 6, 2023 via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Paul Koppana, Nisia Tebbe and Jim D’Lamater with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Railroad Coordination - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Railroad Coordination - Attendance Sheets

Presentation Slides

Railroad Coordination - Presentation Slides

2022 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

The 2022 ADA training class is scheduled for September 27, 2022 via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Bill Campbell and Chris Brookes with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams links. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

ADA - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

ADA - Attendance Sheets

Presentation Slides

ADA - Work Zone Safety

ADA - Permanent Construction

2022 HYDRAULICS

The 2022 Hydraulics training class is scheduled for July 19, 2022 via Microsoft Teams. The presenters are Erik Carlson, Chris Potvin and James Davis with MDOT. See the Agenda below for more information including the Microsoft Teams links. Continuing education hours will be offered by retaining the Agenda and the Attendance Sheets. Documents will be posted below when available. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Hydraulics - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Hydraulics - Morning Session

Hydraulics - Afternoon Session

Course Materials

Hydraulics - Creating DEM Terrain in ORD

Hydraulics - Culvert Example

Hydraulics - Delineating Watersheds in Google Earth

Hydraulics - Design Basic Training Hydrology Example

Hydraulics - Entrance Loss Coefficients

Hydraulics - Hydrology Grid Method

Hydraulics - Retrieving Hydrologic Soil Group

Presentation Slides

Hydraulics - County Drains

Hydraulics - Culvert Design

Hydraulics - Culvert Example

Hydraulics - Drainage Criteria

Hydraulics - Hydrology

Hydraulics - Stormwater

2021 PERFORMANCE BASED PRACTICAL DESIGN

The 2021 Performance Based Practical Design training sessions were held in September and October 2021 via Microsoft Teams LIVE. The presenters were Mark Bott (MDOT) and Jeff Bagdade (Atkins Global). See the Agenda for more information. Continuing education hours are available by retaining the Agenda and Attendance Records. For questions please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Performance Based Practical Design - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Performance Based Practical Design - Module 1, Session 1

Performance Based Practical Design - Module 1, Session 2

Performance Based Practical Design - Module 2, Session 1

Performance Based Practical Design - Module 2, Session 2

Presentation Slides

Performance Based Practical Design - Module 1

Performance Based Practical Design - Module 2

2021 GUARDRAIL DESIGN

The 2021 Guardrail Design training session was held on July 14, 2021 via Microsoft Teams LIVE. The instructor was Carlos Torres. Continuing education hours are available by retaining the Agenda and Attendance Records. For questions, please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Guardrail Design - Agenda

Attendance Sheets

Guardrail Design - Attendance Sheets

Course Materials

Guardrail Design - Flare Rates

Guardrail Design - B017D

Guardrail Design - B020D

Guardrail Design - B021J

Guardrail Design - B022E

Guardrail Design - B023F

Guardrail Design - B025K

Guardrail Design - B026F

Guardrail Design - B027A

Guardrail Design - B028A

Guardrail Design - B029A

Guardrail Design - B050A

Guardrail Design - R027F

Guardrail Design - R030G

Guardrail Design - R032F

Guardrail Design - R032SD

Guardrail Design - R033G

Guardrail Design - R055g

Guardrail Design - R056F

Guardrail Design - R059E

Guardrail Design - R060J

Guardrail Design - R062H

Guardrail Design - R063C

Guardrail Design - R066E

Guardrail Design - R067G

Guardrail Design - R067SD

Guardrail Design - R071C

Guardrail Design - R072D

Guardrail Design - R073F

Guardrail Design - R074D

Guardrail Design - R105D

Guardrail Design - erdm03

Guardrail Design - erdm07

Guardrail Design - spdet21

Guardrail Design - spdet24

Guardrail Design - spdet99

Presentation Slides

Guardrail Design - Presentation Slides

2021 WORK ZONE SAFETY

The 2021 Work Zone Safety training session was held on March 25, 2021 via Microsoft Teams LIVE. The class was taught by Chris Brookes and Chuck Bergmann. The class was not recorded but the Presentation slides are posted below. Retain the Agenda and Attendance Records for CEH verification. Questions and Answers during the class will be posted below. For questions, please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Work Zone Safety - Agenda

Presentation

Work Zone Safety - Presentation

Survey

Work Zone Safety - Survey

Attendance Sheets

Work Zone Safety - Attendance Sheets

Questions and Answers

Work Zone Safety - Questions and Answers

2020 GEOMETRICS

The 2020 Geometric training session (2 days) was held via Microsoft Teams LIVE on Nov 18th and Nov 19th. It was taught by Bill Taylor and Mark Fisher. There was no in person attendance. The links to the training sessions were sent in mid-October to the Region Engineers, Office Administrators, Bureau Heads and ACEC. For questions, please contact MDOT Design Basic Training.

Agenda

Geometrics - Agenda

Geometrics - Course Description

Presentations and Class Materials

Class Materials: Course Reference Documents

Full PowerPoint and class exercises for both days: Presentation and class exercises

Attendance Sheets

Teams LIVE automatically records attendee information when you join. Retain the attendance logs and the agenda for CEH credits.

Question and Answer Logs

2020 PAVEMENT OPERATIONS

The 2020 Pavement Operations training was held August 18, 2020 via Microsoft Teams Live. â€‹For questions, please contact MDOT Design Basic Training

Agenda

Pavement Operations Agenda

Presentations

Slides from presentations:

Introduction to Pavement Operations - Bleech

revised - Condition Data - Sokolnicki

Pavement Design - Schenkel

Pavement Selection - Krom

HMA Pavements - Kennedy

Concrete Pavement - Staton

revised - DistressScoping - Bennett

CPM - Green

revised Pavement Warranty - Weber

Attendance Sheets

Retain the attendance logs and agenda for CEH credits.

AM session attendance

PM session attendance

Question and Answer Logs

Q and A record AM session

Q and A record PM session

2020 SPEC BOOK WORKSHOP

The 2020 Spec Book Workshop was held at the Horatio Earle Center on February 20, 2020.

Implementation date changed from the Oct 2020 letting to the August 2021 letting. For questions, please contact MDOT Design Basic Training

Agenda

2020 Spec Book Workshop Agenda

Presentations

Slides from presentations

Special Provisions Information

2020 Spec Book Significant Changes

Division 7 - Wagner and Belcher

Division 10 - Tim Stallard and Cameron Minney

Division 5 & 6 - Rob Green

Division 8 - Mark Bott, Alonso Uzcategui, Carlos Libiran, Mary Bramble

Spec Book 2020 - Brookes

Division Major Changes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 - Charlie Stein

Pay Item Codes - Karl Berg

PQS Video

FUSPs and Unique Special Provisions - Dave Pawelec

2019 BRIDGE 101

The 2019 Bridge 101 training was held at the Horatio Earle Center on November 5, 2019.

Agenda

Bridge 101 Agenda

Presentations

Slides from presentations

Introduction - Brad Wagner

Types and Terminology - Chris Johnson

Asset Management - Brad Wagner

Maintenance - Andrew Zevchak

Bridge Design Process - Rachel Gehrcke

Bridge Plans - Rachel Gehrcke

Road/Bridge Coordination - John Nadjarian

RFA Process - Andrew Zevchak

Design In Construction - Jeff Triezenberg

Accelerated Bridge Construction - John Nadjarian

2019 HYDRAULICS

Hydraulics training was held at the Horatio Earle Center on August 7, 2019.

Agenda

Hydraulics Agenda

Presentations

Slides from presentations

Culvert Scoping Maintenance

Drainage Criteria

Hydrology 101

Hydrology Grid Method

County Drains & MDOT

Retrieving Hydrologic Soil Group

Small Culvert hy8 presentation

2019 ENVIRONMENTAL 101

Environmental 101 training was held at the Aeronautics Auditorium on May 1, 2019 by the MDOT Environmental staff.

Agenda

Environmental 101 Agenda

Presentations

Slides from presentations

NEPA

Classification and Certification

Contamination

Social Detour Controversy

Environmental Justice

Air and Noise

Stormwater

Wetlands and Coastal Zone Agriculture

2019 GUARDRAIL DESIGN

Guardrail Design training was held at the Horatio Earl Learning Center on February 25, 2019. The training was taught by Carlos Torres.

Agenda

Guardrail Design Agenda

Presentations

Slides from Presentations and Class Exercises and Solutions

PowerPoint Guardrail Class

Guardrail Related Standards_Handout

Excerpts Guardrail related Design_Guides_Handout

Class_Exercises

Solution_Exercise_1

Solution_Exercise_2

Solution_Exercise_3_NE_Quad

Solution_Exercise_3_NW_Quad

Solution_Exercise_4

Solution_Exercise_5

2018 TRAFFIC and SAFETY DAY

A Traffic and Safety Day training was held in October 3, 2018. Mark Bott, Mary Bramble, Casey White, Alonso Uzcategui, Erin O'Brien, Kim Ault, Kwame Johnson, Steve Shaughnessy, and Heidi Spangler conducted this training.

Agenda

Traffic and Safety Day Agenda

Presentations

Slides from Presentations

Pavement Markings Design Tips

Safety Programs Unit

Signing 101 Signtology

2018 WORK ZONES

A Work Zone training was held July 10, 2018. The agenda is below. There are no presentation files, handouts, or recordings available for this session. Please contact Chris Brookes and Chuck Bergmann about this topic and training needs.

Agenda

Work Zone Safety Agenda

2018 REAL ESTATE 101, ADA for PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION and MASH

A training was held on February 26, 2018 and three topics were presented: Real Estate 101 with Lori Crysler, Chip Kraus, Dean Lauer, and Teresa Vanis; Accessible Design for Permanent Construction with Bill Campbell; MASH - the NCHRP 350 Sunset Dates and their Impact on MDOT with Carlos Torres.