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Policies, SOPs, and Other Links and Publications of Interest
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The UNH Technology Transfer Center (T2) hosts several examples of Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) from local sources, as well as links to outside resources that may be of interest. The collection is organized by subject matter. We're pleased to offer the below examples as a jumping-off point for your own research, but UNH T2 not own or manage the content, and therefore can’t advise on or support the current accuracy or completeness of the information provided.
If you have questions or would like to submit a document or resource, please call 603-862-2826 or email t2.center@unh.edu
Topics
- Asset Management/Sustainability
- Appurtenances
- Bridges
- Budgeting
- Building
- Cemetery Regulations
- Driveways
- Drones
- Emergency Response/Management
- Environmental
- Equipment
- Ethics
- Excavation
- Grantsmanship & Fundraising Education
- Job Specifications
- Legal Issues
- Load Limits
- Mailboxes
- Managing Employees
- Public Relations
- Public Safety
- Records
- Road Classes
- Road Management/Maintenance
- Road Regulations
- Signage
- Solid Waste
- Stormwater Management Certification
- Traffic Control
- Water
- Winter Operations
- Work Zones
Assessment of Local Road Safety Funding, Training, and Technical Assistance
The purpose of this report is to summarize State DOT practices for delivering safety funding and resources to local entities for road safety improvement projects. These practices were identified in large part through a questionnaire administered to State DOTs during this assessment. This report identifies model local road safety practices that can be implemented by State DOTs, local practitioners (i.e., public works directors, transportation directors, county engineers, transportation planners, and elected officials), Local Technical Assistance Programs (LTAP), and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) in any State.
Transportation Asset Management (TAM) has long been recognized as a sound, long-term approach to managing infrastructure. It provides decision makers with a rational, long-term systematic process for making difficult and complex decisions about how to achieve the highest system condition levels for the lowest cost, over the longest term.
TAM also is evolving to help transportation officials address two new challenges. TAM provides a sound basis for demonstrating the long-term sustainability of current infrastructure practices. By using TAM as an over-arching framework, transportation executives can demonstrate that they are making decisions to sustain the transportation system to the best of their ability over the long term.
Also, TAM can demonstrate accountability. TAM relies upon strategic long-term goals, the pursuit of measureable targets and the continuous evaluation of results. In this way, TAM not only produces shortterm performance metrics but it closely resembles "quality systems" such as Six Sigma which are widely recognized as leading to improved performance. TAM can be the foundation for performance measurement systems which assure not only short-term performance but also long-term sustainability.
This report re-examines TAM as an approach for sustainability and as a system for greater accountability and improved performance. It also includes advice on Change Management practices to elevate and expand TAM practices within a department of transportation. Message from the Director. Butch Wlaschin. Office of Asset Management. Federal Highway Administration.
Preparation
Bid Requests and Specifications
- General (Alexandria, NH)
- General (Alton, NH)
- Goods & Services (Amherst, NH)
- Bituminous Surface Treatment (Barre, VT)
- Calcium Chloride Dust Control (Barre, VT)
- Pavement Reclamation & Cold Milling (Barre, VT)
- Paving (Barre, VT)
- Pavement Markings (Barre, VT)
- Thin Surface Treatment (Barre, VT)
- Paving Projects (Essex, VT)
- Paving Specifications & Bid (Newbury, VT)
- Full Depth Reclamation (Newbury, VT)
- Paving (Rutland, VT)
- Winter Sanding (Rutland, VT)
- Pavement Reclamation & Cold Milling (Williamstown, VT)
- Paving (Williamstown, VT)
- Thin Surface Treatment (Williamstown, VT)
Purchasing
Drone Academy- training with UNH Professional Development and Training
Event Management Resources
- NHDOT Bureau of Highway Maintenance Storm Event Manual (a basic outline of tasks and processes that may be taken by NHDOT before, during, or after a storm to provide FEMA/FHWA with the necessary documentation)
- NH Public Works Mutual Aid- a variety of resources including process to request Mutual Aid
General
Accidents & Safety
Plants
- Amherst, NH (Tree Care)
- Concord, NH (Erosion Control)
- Concord, NH (Landscaping)
- Enfield, NH (Tree Removal)
- Farmington, NH (Landfill)
- Madison, NH (Aquatic Plants)
Road Kill (Animals)
Recycling
Wetlands
General Equipment
- Abrasive Blasting (Amherst, NH)
- Abrasive Grinding (Amherst, NH)
- Abrasive Wheel Machinery (Amherst, NH)
- Cables, Chains, Ropes, Hooks (Amherst, NH)
- Chainsaws (Amherst, NH)
- Compressed Air (Amherst, NH)
- Compressed Gas Cylinders (Amherst, NH)
- General Equipment (Salem, NH)
- Hand Tools (Amherst, NH)
- Hoist (Amherst, NH)
- Ladders (Amherst, NH)
- Lasers (Amherst, NH)
- Machine Guarding (Amherst, NH)
- Maintenance (Amherst, NH)
- Mechanical Equipment (Amherst, NH)
- Pneumatic Power Tools (Amherst, NH)
- Saws (Amherst, NH)
- Welding/Cutting (Amherst, NH)
- Compressor Safety (Raymond, NH)
- Dump Body (Raymond, NH)
- Leaf Vacuum Operation (Raymond, NH)
- Radios (Raymond, NH)
Vehicles
Training and Education - UNH Professional Development and Training
Management
- Selectman, Town Administrator (Amherst, NH)
- Director of Public Works (Amherst, NH)
- Foreman
- Lead Foreman (Amherst, NH)
- Streets Supervisor (Montpellier, VT)
Equipment Operators/Laborers
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Deerfield, NH)
- Heavy Equipment Operator II (Deerfield, NH)
- Heavy Equipment Operator - Truck Driver (Amherst, NH)
- Highway Department Laborer
- Laborer - Truck Driver
- Laborer - Truck Driver (Amherst, NH)
- Laborer - Truck Driver, Parks and Rec Groundskeeper (Amherst, NH)
- Light Equipment Operator - Truck Driver (Amherst, NH)
- Mechanic (Amherst, NH)
- Truck Driver (Deerfield, NH)
- Truck Driver
Office Support
- Executive Assistant (Amherst, NH)
- Office Assistant
- Department Secretary
- Secretarial Office Support (Amherst, NH)
Water/Sewer Employees
Waste and Recycling Operations Employees
- SICOP (Snow and Ice Pooled Fund Cooperative Program) website includes a variety of resources including documents, podcasts, and more
- TC3 courses on Winter Maintenance - How to access
- UNH T2 Tailgate Talks library has several topics on winter operations and safety
- Concrete Pavement Preservation video from FHWA explains a long-term strategy of applying timely and appropriate preventive treatments to maintain good pavement condition and extend pavement life. The video reviews five preservation techniques—joint resealing and crack sealing, diamond grinding, grooving, load-transfer restoration and cross-stitching, and partial and full-depth repairs—and explains how a county applied the treatments on a maintenance project.
- UNH SADES program - manages SADES Road Surface Management System (RSMS) and training. SADES RSMS is a program originally created by T2 to aid municipalities in inventorying their road networks, forecasting repairs, and estimating budgets.
General
Insurance
Permits
Roads
- Acceptance (Alton, NH)
- Acceptance (Hinsdale, NH)
- Closure (Raymond, NH)
- Occupancy (Amherst, NH)
- Occupancy (Sutton, NH)
- Ordinances (Woodstock, NH)
- Ordinances - Private (Derry, NH)
- Ordinances - Private Utilities (Concord, NH)
- Ordinances - Scenic (Greenfield, NH)
- Ordinances - School Town Agreement (Amherst, NH)
- Ordinances - Through Trucking (Fremont, NH)