The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965
-
2011-12-01
-
Series Retiree Memoirs
File Language:
English
Reilly, M. G. (2011). The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65942
Reilly, Marili Green. The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway, 2011. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65942.
Reilly, Marili Green The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway, 2011, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65942.
Details
-
Creators:
-
Corporate Creators:
-
Contributors:
-
Subject/TRT Terms:
-
Series:
-
Resource Type:
-
Right Statement:
-
Geographical Coverage:
-
Corporate Publisher:
-
Abstract:Montana sometimes welcomes survey teams and construction crews with below-zero temperatures, blizzards, and frozen rivers. Keeping roads open for local transportation access – and national security – means the work must go on in spite of most weather conditions.
-
Format:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
[PDF - 655.20 KB]
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:urn:sha-512:996a4b4b24a18659991f8aef0b8d5a59877ccfed4187ae7a5f81cb799724c4286f3fe35d05c4c07285e418207adb6bc426bc3a53a1fd25f8d83e4708375b7d0a
Related Documents
-
Federal Lands Highway offices have long been leaders in the use of new highway technology, implementing new processes and adopting new techniques.Reilly, Marili Green
-
In 2008, the Federal Lands Highway Program celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Looking back at the past quarter century – and more – a number of retirees ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The Bureau of Public Roads' instituted the Highway Engineer Training Program which was an important training and recruiting tool that has continued to ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
This office first started doing BLM maintenance and construction in the early 1950's, and the work continued through the 1960's, and 1970’s.Reilly, Marili Green
-
Nearly 500 feet above the Moyie River in northern Idaho, this bridge was constructed during the 1962-64 construction seasons and required much intesti ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Moving the Federal Projects Division into Vancouver required a series of upgrades to the buildings and office space, and the Vancouver Newsletter chro ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
From the 1950’s to the 1970’s, the Federal Highway Administration was involved in the maintenance of timber roads on lands belonging to the Bureau of ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The Western Oregon Roads Maintenance Program had been headquartered in the Federal Highway Administration Division Office in Salem, Oregon, since its ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The Western Oregon Roads Maintenance Program had been housed with the Federal Projects Office in Vancouver since 1972. Negotiations between FHWA and t ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Having a contractor unused to FHWA’s work ethic created interesting challenges for Project Engineer Gary Hunter. The fact that it was the first WFLHD ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Regardless of who comes up with the solutions, it is ultimately the Project Engineer who is responsible for making sure that all problems are addresse ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
From accidents on the project to unsatisfactory work by the contractor – it’s all part of the job for the Project Engineer.Reilly, Marili Green
-
First there were the room-filling IBM mainframe computers, then the Texas Instruments calculators and the Wang word processors. By the 1970's we had m ...United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway
-
From January through April 2008, I had the pleasure of interviewing several retirees whose careers date back to the late 1940’s. During individual int ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Some projects can generate unexpected publicity. Two retirees presented their perspectives on an Oregon project that became the center of controversy ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Over the years, there have been many changes to what is now known as the Federal Lands Highway Program. For a period of time, the Vancouver office Bur ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Under ideal conditions, WFLHD staff all works together to get the job done. Project Development comes up with the design, Contracting writes the contr ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
While most projects are completed, some designs never make it to construction. Other projects develop a life of their own and end up bigger than antic ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
While sharing Federal Lands memories, several of WFLHD’s retirees recalled their experiences while on survey crews or construction crews when they sta ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The tents and trailers described in Part One were one kind of camp experience, but there were often other options. On many projects, vacation inns and ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
In retrospect, some retirees felt that getting hired at the Bureau of Public Roads had been relatively easy. Getting ahead, however, sometimes took a ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
As Bureau of Public Roads employees moved up the ranks, they were often supported by others in higher places. Retirees recalled the times they offered ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Retirees have recalled the early years of the training program and their experiences coming to work for the BPR. Whether hired from college or straigh ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The Federal Highway Administration training program has evolved through the years. In this second look at “getting hired,” retirees recall their train ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
There were several avenues to getting hired at the Bureau of Public Roads during the 1950's and 1960's. These included hiring on as a summer temporary ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
During the late 1960's, writes Glen Bedell, Federal agencies were beginning to discover the environment. He sent in this story about something that ha ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Retirees' memories of the camps were not always centered around the work. When roads were being surveyed for the Libby Dam project in Montana, the cre ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Jobs in remote areas were often prone to interruption by the whims of Mother Nature. Long distances or convoluted transportation between the camps and ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
After reading some of the other stories in this series, Paul Anderson sent an email recalling his experiences at the Clearwater Camp while working on ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
A number of retiree memories of construction and survey tent camps have been combined in other stories. Vern Ford shared the following experience duri ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Approximately 30 years after Western Federal Lands Highway Division became involved in road improvement projects on the Prince of Wales Island, the ro ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
In the 1950’s the Smith River Camp was one of the largest Pacific Northwest construction camps being used by the Bureau of Public Roads. It served as ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The North Cascade Scenic Byway in north central Washington, which provides access to the North Cascades National Park, runs through some of the most r ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
When the Bureau of Public Roads started surveying in remote areas for what is now the North Cascades Scenic Byway, crews worked out of tent camps that ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
During the 1950's, Direct Federal construction management for the Northwest was housed in the Region Office in Portland, Oregon, with the head of the ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Meetings with partner agencies are crucial in deciding which projects deserve Federal Lands monies. However, sometimes not all participants can agree ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
While employees of FHWA are building relationships with the public and our partners' front-line staff, managers dealing with their counterparts are se ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Every job requires the coordinated efforts of many people, and the negotiation of changes if intended outcomes are misinterpreted. Whether it is a sma ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Our partner agencies have always helped the Federal Lands program succeed, and employees of BPR and FHWA have worked hard to deliver the product they ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
This postcard describes years spent in the Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks.Reilly, Marili Green
-
Several former Bureau of Public Roads employees met at while volunteering at Meals on Wheels.Reilly, Marili Green
-
This postcard describes a visit to the Glacier National Park.Reilly, Marili Green
-
This postcard describes events occurring while retiree Paul Anderson was working on a construction project on the North Cross-State Highway near Newha ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
As partners with the Forest Service, Western Federal Lands Highway Division is often involved in building or improving roads through the rough back co ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Hands-on training and the opportunity to contribute to the success of the project through new skills provided a firm foundation for a future career fo ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
A temporary job with the Bureau of Public Roads gave Larry Brown a firm foundation of skills in surveying and construction inspection. His memories of ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Spending five summers as a temporary with the Bureau of Public Roads, Idaho Division, Scott Rustay had some choice experiences. He writes that “the fa ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
One of the many roads to employment with the Bureau of Public Roads was to hire on as a summer temp. Scott Rustay took this route following his freshm ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Road building sometimes requires extra care and special design considerations to avoid sensitive properties and treacherous terrain. Larry Adams wrote ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
The National Environmental Protection Act was passed into law in 1969 and government agencies, including the Bureau of Public Roads, began to put more ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
As the National Environmental Protection Act was implemented, federal agencies had to make changes in how they managed their programs. At Federal High ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
When Federal Highway Administration became involved in road building on Prince of Wales Island, it was to create a “backbone” of roads to tie together ...Reilly, Marili Green
-
Construction of a road begins with a survey, and for many people, a career in road construction has often begun with working on a survey team.Reilly, Marili Green
-
Cross-training and job variety were part of the work tradition at the Bureau of Public Roads. Those working on survey and aerial mapping crews could l ...Reilly, Marili Green
File Language:
English
Reilly, M. G. (2011). The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65942
Reilly, Marili Green. The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway, 2011. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65942.
Reilly, Marili Green The Survey Crew Experience - Part II: Montana, 1962-1965. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway, 2011, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65942.
ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific
findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by
USDOT or funded partners. As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to
ensure public access to scientific information.