If you are a transportation planner, AICP members must earn a total of 32 CM credits (1 contact hour = 1 CM credit) within their two-year reporting period. 1.5 credits must be on the topic of current planning law.
Here is your opportunity to earn 1.5 CM Law Credits on March 12 at 1-2:00 p.m. Eastern Time by taking the Fundamentals of Risk Management for Road Agencies Web seminar, taught by Russell Brownlee B.Sc., M.A.Sc., FITE, P.Eng., Principal, Road Safety Group, Giffin Koerth Forensic Engineering.
ITE offered this webinar in 2014 and the feedback we received was that the cases presented were helpful and that Russell cut through the "legaleeze" and presented clear and applicable scenarios for both the transportation enginneers and planners.
This webinar is intended to help participants understand the tort liability/risk management process. The best means of defending a claim alleging a roadway deficiency is to proactively address road safety issues and potential hazards through ongoing road safety and risk management programs. In many situations, the lack of a defensible safety program, tracking process or basic documentation of inspections or decisions results in road agency liability. Topics to be covered include:
1) Concepts of risk management--identification, measurement and treatment of safety issues and potential hazards;
2) Tracking and complaint systems (e.g., the public, employee awareness, cultivating contacts, etc.);
3) Formalizing means to reduce your risk exposure both organizationally and individually;
4) Safety programs and tools;
5) Information management (crash databases, inventories, inspection and investigation record keeping)
Hope you will not miss opportunity to join the live webinar next week. Click here to register.