NEW WORKSHOP - Practical TTM for Local Streets
This newly developed half day practical workshop is designed to assist local
government, and others working in local streets, with practical cost-effective TTM
solutions which deliver safe WHS outcomes. This workshop will demonstrate how to
significantly improve the efficiency of TTM application at your sites.
Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) arrangements applied in the local road
environment are frequently reported / observed to be excessive and lacking in common
sense for the scale of the works and level of risk. Combined with the TTM costs
consequently representing 40 to 80% of the actual job costs, a clear need exists for
more appropriate solutions.
Dr Dan Sullivan has assisted local authorities and utility organisations since publication
of the Guides to Temporary Traffic Management in identifying / developing cost and
risk effective solutions for TTM in these environments. Observations on site with
clients confirm that in many cases “conservatively safe” practices are being applied by
others. However, these practices are typically time consuming to implement, reduce
productivity and increase TTM costs. Perversely they often introduce more safety risks
than they mitigate.
Documented relaxations and practices exist for exactly these situations. There are also
opportunities to develop risk-based solutions which are more practicable, improve
works efficiency, reduce TTM costs and reduce the WHS risks at the site.
This half-day workshop provides a practical overview of the documented relaxations
and application in these local street environments and includes the opportunity to
develop case examples for the TTM at your works activities.
Public workshops now on through IPWEA-QNT or book direct for an in-house workshop at your Council or organisation.
TTM practice for managers, supervisors and PMs
The risks to workers and the public at worksites on or near roads represents one of the highest Work Health and Safety (WHS) risks for most organisations involved in construction or maintenance activities in a road corridor. Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) practices are the key measure applied at most sites to mitigate this risk. However, simply employing a company that specialises in TTM delivery does not absolve road authorities, contractors, utility providers, and other organisations from the responsibility or accountability to ensure that everything is being done to “mitigate the risks as much as is reasonably practicable”.
This workshop is primarily aimed at staff involved in the areas of planning and managing road construction and maintenance activities. Technical practitioners will also gain a good understanding of the roles of various parties in ensuring safety at worksites on or near roads.
Public workshops now on through IPWEA-QNT, AfPA or book direct for an in-house workshop at your Council or organisation.
Introduction to Generic Traffic Guidance Scheme
The Generic TGS process and its requirements are included in the Austroads Guide to Temporary Traffic Management and are accepted for use by all Australian States and Territories.
This workshop provides an overview of recommended best practice guidance for the development and use of Generic TGSs for repetitive and routine tasks requiring temporary traffic management. The workshop includes a practical component to demonstrate the processes in the development of a Generic TGS library and the TGS selection process for use by a Traffic Management Implementer.
This workshop is targeted primarily at those temporary traffic management practitioners who hold the Traffic Management Design qualification. However, project managers in construction and maintenance will also gain a valuable insight into the recommended practices for use of Generic TGS that may be applied at their sites.
Other Workshops
Temporary Traffic Management Basics for Project Managers
2 hour workshop providing an overview of TTM basics that Project Managers need to consider and apply when managing projects involving TTM. Using case examples an overview is provided of:
- Project Manager responsibilities.
- TTM basics. A brief overview of the various TTM roles, the Traffic Management Plan, Traffic Guidance Schemes—what to look for and the questions to ask.
- Development of TTM requirements for project briefs.
- What project managers should look for during the works.
- The role of surveillance and audit of TTM.
Review & Approval of TMPs and TGSs
This workshop is typically for road agency officers who review and approve Temporary Traffic Management Plans (TMPs) and Traffic Guidance Schemes (TGSs) who may not hold the formal TTM Traffic Management Design qualification. The workshop provies an introduction to the basics of the TMP and TGS so that they attendees know what to look for and when to seek additional technical advice.
TTM Surveillance and Audit
This workshop is focussed at those undertaking surveillance and audit of TTM at road worksites. It can be attended by those who carry out this role with or without the TMD qualification however some elements will require the more detailed TMD knowledge. This workshop provides an overview of:
• Roles of surveillance and audit officers.
• Compliance
- Inspecting the TTM on site for compliance with the TGS
- TGS compliance with Standards, Manuals and Guidance
- Common items to consider
• Suitability
- Alignment of the TTM with the requirements of the project brief
• Operation
- Safety operation of the TTM
- Network performance operation of the TTM
Road Categorisation
This is a specialist session which is more a facilitated task working through the categorisation of council’s road network. The first stage session is targeted at those key staff only who are responsible for the overall categorisation of the network.
A second session is then undertaken with project and network managers to workshop the application of the road categorisation for individual works and projects to ensure that all TTM is cost effectively applied. This second session would discuss a risk management approach that has been developed and applied for other councils and develop a structure for rules to be applied in categorising the TTM required for individual projects and works.