California Department of Transportation

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  1. Do you use the LAPM manual in your work? If so, why?


  2. Do you use the LAPG in your work? If so, why?


  3. What section(s) did you complete?
    TrainingTestSection/Chapters
    LAPM Ch 1-5:  Introduction and Overview, Roles and Responsibilities, Project Authorization, Agreements, Accounting/Invoices
    LAPM Ch 6-8:  Environmental Procedures, Field Review, Public Hearings
    LAPM Ch 9-10:  Civil Rights and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Consultant Selection
    LAPM Ch 11-12:  Design Standards, Plans, Specifications, & Estimates
    LAPM Ch 13-14:  Right of Way, Utility Facility
    LAPM Ch 15-16:  Advertise and Award Project, Administer Construction Contracts
    LAPM Ch 17-20:  Project Completion, Maintenance, Process Reviews, Deficiencies and Sanctions
    LAPG Ch 1-5 Introduction and Overview, Financing the Federal Aid Highway Program, Federal Aid Routes and Functional Classifications, Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestion, Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
    LAPG Ch 6 Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation (HBRR)
    LAPG Ch 7-9 Seismic Safety Retrofit, Transportation Enhancement Activities (TEA), Hazard Elimination Safety (HES)
    LAPG Ch 11-13, 18-19 Disaster Assistance, Other Federal Programs, Financing the State Funded Highway Program, Optional Federal Exchange and State Match, Grade Separation
    LAPG Ch 20, 21 Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation (EEM), Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA)
    LAPG Ch 23, 24, App. Local Agency STIP Projects, Safe Routes To School, Appendix A

  4. What (if any) difficulties did you encounter? (please provide as much detail as you can, including technology, navigation, content)




  5. What feature(s) of the on-line training and test do you especially like?

  6. What feature(s) of the on-line training and test do you especially dislike?

  7. What additional features would you like to see on the on-line training and test? What parts can be improved? Any suggestions?

  8. Are there any other Caltrans reference manuals that you think should be added to this battery?

  9. Which (if any) Fed-Aid classes have you taken:
    PD-08 Getting Your Federal-Aid Project Started
    EV-03 Federal Procedural Requirements For Environmental Analysis, etc.
    PD-09 Procedures For Right-of-Way Acquisition
    PD-10 Federal-Aid Project Development: Design To Construction
    PD-11 Federal Rules For Contract Administration And Project Completion

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