Design mentoring tool.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Joint Transportation Research Program : Civil Engineering
• Creators:
  McCullouch, Bob ; Land, Walter
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Design engineering
  • Engineering
  • Design methods
  • Design practices
  • Education
  • Training
  • Design standards
  • Bridges
  • Roads
  • Mentoring
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP- 2011/02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  In 2004 a design engineer on-line mentoring tool was developed and implemented The purpose of the tool was to assist senior engineers ; mentoring new engineers to the INDOT design process and improve their technical competency. This approach saves senior engineers ; time while developing a consistent mentoring approach and standardizing technical knowledge in road and bridge design. ; It is a self-guided tool that utilizes multi-media and web-based technologies, trains engineers in the design process and provides resources ; to use for developing plans and specifications. Available resources include INDOT design practices, design standards, design memos, ; specification and construction standards, procedures, and check lists. ; When this tool was developed the Design Manual was under development. Therefore, the tool could not link to the Design Manual but to ; excerpted sections extracted from the Manual. Now active linking to this Manual is possible. Additionally other resources used in the ; design process: design standards, design memos, design procedures and checklists should be accessible in the various topics. These ; current resources have also influenced the technical content for the current 12 topics. An upgrade was performed to deal with these needs ; and to make the tool a living one, that is where future revisions in resources can be incorporated without a major overhaul to the ; application.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-3421
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23596/dot_23596_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.32 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d11409339e8eef802cc3062ef6154edccaf9f52640bf10c8147e69cdf7aed6cd6e2a17ca975db909d74b39c5e0a60d9e97ce34fcc3e3db0f2d07b7a9d7fcf15a