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ARTBA Foundation Announces Winners of 2007 Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards
Washington, D.C. [Oct. 15, 2007]—Public and private transportation groups from across the country were recognized for their commitment to safety at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) seventh annual “Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards” competition. The awards were presented October 10 during the ARTBA National Convention, held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The program recognizes outstanding efforts to help reduce roadway work zone construction accidents, injuries and fatalities. The awards are divided into four categories: private outreach campaigns, government outreach programs, safety training and innovations in technology. An independent panel of judges reviewed the entries and selected the winners. Private Outreach–State/Provincial/Regional This category recognizes the efforts of national, state and local private sector organizations, such as construction companies, utility companies or trade associations that promote roadway work zone safety through implementation of employee and/or public education campaigns and training programs. First Place: Tennessee Transportation Development Foundation To promote safety on Tennessee roads, the Tennessee Road Builders Association partnered with Tennessee Tech University, state and local officials, schools and stakeholders to promote roadway work zone safety and seatbelt/booster seat safety in all Tennessee elementary schools. The program used interactive teaching materials, an Ollie Otter mascot and in-depth classroom instruction to reach students. Second Place: Louisiana TIMED Managers To help teenagers learn better driving habits in work zones, Louisiana’s TIMED Program launched “TIMED to Drive Safe” targeting 45 public high schools along key highway routes. The program compiled and distributed teen driving statistics, created an educational brochure designed exclusively for teens, launched the www.timedla.com/drivesafe website, and branded the campaign with a recognizable logo and color scheme appealing to students. Government Outreach–State/Provincial/Regional This category recognizes the specific public outreach campaigns or safety programs by federal, state or local government agencies aimed at improving roadway work zone safety. First Place: Missouri Department of Transportation The Missouri Department of Transportation utilized a multi-tiered approach to attract public attention to work zone safety issues. One approach was to “bathe” prominent public landmarks in orange lighting to generate public and media attention. The second approach was to create a hard-hitting public awareness campaign, including advertising and a public service announcement, utilizing a powerful media interview conducted by a state road crew member, who was subsequently killed in the line of duty shortly after the interview was recorded. Second Place: (Tie) South Carolina Department of Transportation State officials noted an increase in construction related work zone crashes and implemented the “Let’em Work, Let’em Live” campaign—an extensive safety program including statewide public information/education campaigns, conferences, worker training, school and business presentations, and an aggressive High Visibility Enforcement Program that helped lead to a seven percent reduction in work zone crashes and fatalities. Second Place: (Tie) Tennessee Department of Transportation Noting 118 work zone accident fatalities in the four year period before the campaign, the Tennessee Department of Transportation began the statewide “Get in the Zone” campaign to target high school students who were preparing to get their driver’s license. The program included high-tech, interactive presentations provided in schools throughout the state at no cost and geared to reduce a student’s chance of being involved in work zone accidents. The program was conducted in assemblies and individual classes, and included a role-playing/remote control work zone driving course as well as videos and discussion guides. Training–Local/Municipal This category recognizes national, state and local training programs that promote worker safety on the job site. First Place: Callanan Industries, Inc. Callanan Industries employs over 100 workers throughout New York. Each week in their paychecks, employees receive a “Safety Alert” containing key messages to help promote safe behavior in work zones through the use of photos showing actual Callanan work sites and crews. To date, the alerts have been credited as an important factor in helping the company decrease incidents by 30 percent, and a lost-time accident has not been record for nearly 500,000 hours. Second Place: Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works–Bureau of Highways Since 2006, the Anne Arundel County, Md., Department of Public Works – Bureau of Highways has held a “Safety Week” event each spring and fall. During this event, each work day begins with a focused safety discussion prior to worker departure from their home base. In addition, the bureau also led the county by participating in National Work Zone Awareness Week and conducted a series of educational, technical, enforcement and outreach activities to raise attention and awareness of work zone safety. Training–State/Provincial/Regional First Place: New Jersey Work Zone Safety Partnership and New Jersey LTAP In the 1990’s, 12 workers were killed in New Jersey work zone accidents. To provide a preventative tool, the New Jersey Work Zone Safety Partnership was organized to implement a statewide safety program to provide workers with information and resources to use on job sites and in work zones. Today, more than 300 participants attend each year, receive educational materials and participate in a full curriculum of safety, best practices, operations and operational training. Innovations in Technology This category recognizes manufacturers of all types of equipment and products that develop, integrate and market innovative technologies, and organizations that demonstrate the innovative application of existing technologies. Methodology First Place: Cianbro/Reed & Reed, JV The Cianbro/Reed & Reed joint venture team partnered with FIGG and the Maine Department of Transportation to develop a unique project delivery method called “owner-facilitated design-build in which the contractors and designers were contracted directly to the facility owner. Under a short timeframe, the team of 100 craftsmen developed a program that helped result in nearly 500,000 hours worked without a lost time injury – safely delivering Maine’s newest bridge landmark, including the world’s tallest public bridge observatory. The Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory also uses a new cable stay cradle system in which the strands are continuous from bridge deck through cradles in the pylons and back to the bridge deck, eliminating anchorages in the pylon. This system challenged the team to develop new work processes and safety procedures. Product First Place: SignCAD Systems, Inc. Minnetonka, Minn.-based SignCAD Systems, Inc., developed a fully integrated software solution for designing and managing work zones from start to finish. The program helps agencies implement and enforce approved layout standards, enables personnel to manage their immediate work zone safety environment, allows for rapid response to safety problems, and establishes a computerized process to monitor and manage all safety systems and processes. It also creates a history of activities for each work zone to ensure compliance and best practices tracking as well as providing a system for bench-marking against future projects. The Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards program is an ARTBA-TDF project that complements the association’s “PRIDE in Transportation Construction” campaign to focus public attention on the many positive contributions the transportation construction industry has made to the U.S. economy and quality of life. ###
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