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Indiana ATSSA Meeting Work Zone Safety Update Calvin Lee Indiana Constructors, Inc. September 6, 2017

In Memory of Our Lost Loved Ones 2016 Brandon Fiscus – E & B Paving, Inc. Derek Knowling – Certified Engineering, Inc. Jeffrey Smith – RH Marlin, Inc. 2014 Coty DeMoss – Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. Kenneth Duerson, Jr. – Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. William Isaac Simpson – SKJV 2012 David Anderson – The Walsh Group Brad Arthur – Milestone Contractors, L.P. Chad Fleager – Roadsafe Traffic Systems, Inc. Steven Overbay – INDOT Crawfordsville 2011 Jeremy Bagwell – Milestone Contractors, L.P. Gregory Lawdermilt – INDOT Seymour Tony E. Northcut – INDOT LaPorte Juan Hernandez Rosas – Milestone Contractors, L.P. Ryan Zimmerman – Primco, Inc. 2009 Andy Landes – Butler, Fairman & Seufert, Inc. 2006 Chris Hutt – Highway Technologies Jason Soots – T & R Traffic Services

Protecting Our Workforce Document Three Primary Components 1. What Can Contractors Do? 2. What Can Lawmakers? 3. What Can INDOT Do?

Recommendations ICA launched an initiative to work with INDOT, Contractors and Legislators to improve worker safety in work zones. INDOT Contractors Legislators 1. Close roads or utilize median crossovers 1. Redefine work zones to improve 1. Maintain lights and work zone signs enforcement 2. Include positive protection 2. Remove or cover signs when not working 2. Legalize photographic speed enforcement 3. Reduce speed limits 3. Inspect work zone devices regularly 3. Prohibit the use of handheld devices in 4. Portable rumble strips work zones 4. Maintain portable changeable messages 5. Portable speed monitoring displays 6. Require law enforcement patrols 7. Revise interstate congestion policy 8. Require TMAs

Preservation Work VS New Construction Different Challenge to Protect Workers

Typically Performed During Nights and Weekends

CONSTRUCTION WORKER FATALLY STRUCK ON I-65 IN HOBART Brandon Beau Dewayne Fiscus, 35

December 9 Safety Consortium

Where Are We Now! Blue Lights Request for Additional Funding Recurring Special Provision Barrier Wall Design Manual Revision to specify Barrier wall for worker safety purposes Consideration of upgrading steel wall from type 2 to type 1 (i.e. Zonegaurd) Consideration of mobile wall (i.e. Vulcan) More Use in General A+B Construction Increased Use Identify Applicable Projects Revise CRI Process to better consider safer methods and true cost savings Lane Closure Policy Review of Waiver Process to identify needs during design to improve Safety and Quality

Just In Case We Need It. More Reasons To Improve Safety! Calvin Lee Indiana Constructors, Inc. 317-472-6777 Thank You!