Training & Events Calendar

January 8, 2025

Do you have an innovative solution to a unique problem in your transportation agency? Join the Minnesota Build a Better Mousetrap Competition for the chance to win prizes and share your ideas with others! This webinar covers how to enter, how you and other local agencies can benefit, and gives you the chance to meet previous Minnesota winners.

January 14 - 16, 2025

January 15, 2025

This webinar will present overviews of several topics from the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA), a group of bridge and buried soil steel structure industry leaders who have joined together to provide educational information on the design and construction of short span steel bridges.

January 23, 2025

January 28, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has promised to change our world with the release of large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc. But how does this technology impact your firm now? How does this technology change the strategy of your practice?

January 29, 2025

AGC of America, the Federal Highway Administration, and the National Network for the Transportation Workforce are co-hosting this webinar focusing on how civil construction firms are using "wrap-around" services, including childcare, transportation subsidies, counseling, and other important services to recruit and retain new craft workers. Learn from several construction firms that are at the forefront of providing wrap-around services to their current and incoming employees.

February 3, 2025

This virtual training course teaches students how to use computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software to design a simple county highway.

February 4, 2025

The session will discuss some of the history of ATC training and its importance within the engineering community. Evaluation methodologies after wind, seismic and flood events will be covered. The seminar will conclude with a look forward through the FEMA P-2055 document.

February 11, 2025

Concrete is the second-most used material on the planet, behind water. The use of Portland cement is a necessary requirement in making concrete to function as intended. Unfortunately, the production of cement also produces a large quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2). This presentation will discuss strategies for reducing the amount of embodied CO2 within concrete.

February 18, 2025

Take a journey of how masonry construction has changed over time, from the days of load-bearing, mass masonry construction through transitional masonry to today’s elegant structures clad with masonry for appearance and character. Over the course of the session, we will examine what is now often considered historic masonry construction – mass and transitional masonry – including how it is constructed, built, assessed, analyzed, deteriorates, and repaired.

February 19, 2025

Subterranean work holds a unique set of dangers. To address these, this course provides a comprehensive, four-hour exploration into the key risks that trenches and excavations pose.

February 20, 2025

February 25, 2025

This presentation will focus on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings, inspection practices and asset management improvements, and lessons learned from the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse that occurred on January 28, 2022, within the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The team will also provide an overview of the post collapse collaboration which occurred between the City of Pittsburgh and PennDOT to quickly rebuild the Fern Hollow Bridge.

March 4, 2025

This session is intended to provide the audience with a high-level introduction into some relevant design and analysis considerations when dealing with Nonbuilding Structures.

March 5, 2025

This four-hour course delves into the primary risks encountered in roadway construction, mainly focusing on preventing runovers and backovers, overexertion, and heat hazards.

March 10, 2025

This training covers basic chainsaw safety, including identifying safety features, preventing accidents, correct saw chain sharpening, and head-to-toe safety protection in accordance with OSHA standards.

March 11 - 13, 2025

March 11, 2025

This training covers basic chainsaw safety, including identifying safety features, preventing accidents, correct saw chain sharpening, and head-to-toe safety protection in accordance with OSHA standards.

March 12, 2025

This training will teach crews to recognize and identify "field fixable" chainsaw problems.

March 13, 2025

This training covers basic chainsaw safety, including identifying safety features, preventing accidents, correct saw chain sharpening, and head-to-toe safety protection in accordance with OSHA standards.

March 14, 2025

This training covers basic chainsaw safety, including identifying safety features, preventing accidents, correct saw chain sharpening, and head-to-toe safety protection in accordance with OSHA standards.

March 17, 2025

This workshop provides an overview of the available technology and tools that make implementing a pavement preservation program feasible.

March 20, 2025

This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.

March 20, 2025

March 21, 2025

This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.

March 24, 2025

This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.

April 1, 2025

This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.

April 3, 2025

This workshop provides an overview of the available technology and tools that make implementing a pavement preservation program feasible.

April 3, 2025

This two-hour seminar provides an overview of basic traffic control and safety procedures for short-term work zones.

April 16 - 17, 2025

This two-day class focuses on guardrail identification and inspection.

April 16, 2025

This workshop provides an overview of the available technology and tools that make implementing a pavement preservation program feasible.

May 11 - 15, 2025

The fourteenth biennial ICOET conference and training will be held May 11–15 in Denver, CO. The 2025 conference will combine in-person and virtual programming and training. ICOET is the foremost interdisciplinary, inter-agency supported conference and training addressing the broad range of ecological issues related to transportation systems in all modes. It provides a venue for sharing information and for training across multiple disciplines related to transportation and ecology, suitable for DOT, academic, consultant, NGO and other scientists and practitioners.

May 21 - 22, 2025

This two-day class focuses on guardrail identification and inspection.

May 29, 2025

Join us for highlights of the latest practices, innovations, and research related to Minnesota’s roadway maintenance operations.

October 1 - 2, 2025

This two-day event primarily addresses fall and winter transportation maintenance issues. Vendors and speakers present a variety of new equipment and information through an extensive indoor and outdoor display area. The annual snowplow "roadeo" allows individuals and pairs of competitors to compete on a closed course.