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Back to School

It's time to start shopping for Fall and Spring Tech Transfer courses

The 2006/2007 Tech Transfer Guide to Services should have reached your mailbox by now. The guide includes a full color pull-out calendar of our training courses and information on how to register. Treat yourself or your staff to that much-needed training course today. If you would like additional copies, please visit www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu.

Free Online Courses from Tech Transfer

Hear the lectures—Follow the slides—Take the quizzes—All from the comfort of your home or office!

Your agency's budget constraints don't have to prevent you from receiving the training you need to improve your skills. Tech Transfer now offers several online training courses based on the popular Federal Aid Project Series. These courses are a good alternative to our traditional classroom courses and the format is perfect as an introduction for new hires or as a refresher for seasoned staff.

The courses feature audio narration by instructors, slides, interactive quizzes, links, and downloadable material. They are also significantly shorter than traditional classroom sessions at three hours apiece, and you can navigate at your own pace. The classes are available 24/7 over the Internet, using Internet Explorer or Netscape. The courses currently available are:

• Federal Procedural Requirements for Environmental Analysis for Transportation Projects/NEPA
  (Course 2 - EV-03)
  Taught by Maggie Townsley and Debbie Loh (Jones and Stokes), this course focuses on the rules that one must follow to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.
• Federal Aid Project Development: Design to Construction
  (Course 4 - PD-10)
  Taught by Scott Lanphier (District 3, Caltrans), Course 4 covers the procedures that should be followed to ensure accountability and regulatory compliance during construction.
• Federal Rules for Contract Administration and Project Completion
  (Course 5 - PD-11)
  Also taught by Scott Lanphier, Course 5 discusses the procedures for project development, focusing on chapters 11, 12, and 15 of the LAPM.

Visit www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu for specific system requirements, course details, and to register. The courses are designed to be user-friendly learning tools—try one today!

Get It Before It’s Gone

Fresh items in Going...Going...Gone

The Pavement Preservation Checklist Series

• #7 Diamond Grinding Of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
• #8 Dowel-Bar Retrofit For Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
• #9 Partial-Depth Repair Of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
• #10 Full-Depth Repair Of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
• #11 Hot In-Place Asphalt Recycling Application
• #12 Cold In-Place Asphalt Recycling Application
• #13 Slurry Seal Application

Developed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Foundation for Pavement Preservation, these pocket-sized, spiral-bound guidebooks are a handy resource to use before, during, and after maintenance. Each guidebook includes tips for every stage of the project, guidelines for inspection responsibilities, and solutions to common problems.

In addition, limited copies of books 1-6 of the Pavement Preservation Checklist are still available. Books 1-6 cover Cover Crack Seals, Chip Seals, Thin Hot Mix Overlays, Fog Seals, Microsurfacing, and Joint Sealing Portland Cement.

Inspector's Job Guides and Snow and Ice Removal Guides are also still available.

Going...Going...Gone provides eligible California-serving transportation employees of city, county, regional, state, and federal agencies with free transportation-related material. See www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/freestuff for details and to place your order.

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