BC ROADBUILDERS and HEAVY CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION

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BC ROADBUILDERS and HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
ASSOCIATION

• Fall Conference
• September 20, 2005
• CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

By Norm Parkes, Ministry of Transportation Dan
Gould, Ministry of Transportation Ed Miska,
Ministry of Transportation Rodney Chapman,
Ministry of Transportation
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• Previous Reviews
• January 6, 2005
• - MoT and BC Roadbuilders
• March 10, 2005
• - Day long workshop
• - CEBC, BC Roadbuilders, MoT
• - Lots of experience and ability
• - Lots of input and comments from all groups

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• What MoT Heard
• No. 1
• - Construction Traffic Management occurs during
• all phases of a project.
• - Construction Traffic Management best handled
• during engineering phase, and

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• No. 2
• - Contractors want to know what to bid on.
• No. 3
• - Contractors want consistent application and
• enforcement of construction traffic
  management
• contract requirements.
• No. 4
• - All three industry groups
• Contractors
• Consulting Engineers
• MoT
• have major roles to play in contributing to
  the building blocks to ensure a
  concrete foundation to construction traffic
  management.

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• What MoT Said
• No. 1 have to identify, understand, and
  incorporate the needs of our road users and the
  Roadbuilders.
• No. 2 construction traffic management is part
  of
• the project cycle.
• No. 3 good traffic control does not overcome
• poor traffic management.
• No. 4 poor traffic control ruins good traffic
  management.

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• Now we will review the three main project
  phases to better handle construction traffic
  management, and an update to changing traffic
  control standards.
• Project Development Phase
• Engineering Phase
• Update to traffic control standards and
  specifications
• Tender and Construction Phase