Events

This training will teach attendees how to use the MERL Bid Utility tool to complete the following tasks: creating bid projects, entering bids, electronic bid submission, bid reporting and analysis, and managing vendors.

This class is a 2025 Waiver Valuation update for local agency projects with federal aid. It will explain when a Waiver Valuation may be used and will review the reports approved to be used under the new federal final rule (2024) and the MDOT Real Estate Procedure Manual (May 2025).

Get started with using the MERL Local Job Manager. Topics of this training include daily postings, pay estimates, contract modifications and reporting.

For those who are updating an existing bridge or pavement asset management plan.
This webinar will review the process of updating date for the templates from Roadsoft and MiBridge, will step through the process of completing updated graphs and tables for these plans, and will demonstrate generation of an updated compliance plan.

This 2-day virtual workshop covers methods to conduct inspection and condition assessment of the collection system and to develop targeted approaches to prioritize and plan future rehabilitation and replacement activities.

This fast-paced 10-week active-learning workshop equips participants with strategies for improving their workplace writing and presentations.

Participants will learn to:
• analyze their own sentences.
• spot common sentence errors.
• write persuasive and convincing paragraphs.
• craft business letters and responses to complaints.
• create more engaging board reports.
• prepare and deliver eye-catching and impactful presentations.

Join us for an in-depth webinar on how to best utilize Thawcaster as another tool for deciding when to impose or remove spring load restrictions.

Of all the available technology, how do you know what is right for your operation? AVL has almost become standard. Road weather information systems (RWIS) stations are popping up more frequently. Dashcams are being used to reduce liabilities. Telemetry is changing the way fleet departments process requests. How will your operators react to implementing dash cams and location tracking? In this webinar, we will discuss different options to collect and interpret data and how to better apply it to snow fighting, as well as to the customer service side of your operations.

Join experts from MDOT, EGLE, DNR, USFWS, and Michigan’s local agencies as they share insights on infrastructure resiliency, environmental permitting, flood response, and innovative monitoring approaches.

This seminar is intended for any owner agency or their authorized representatives who are responsible for either the quality control, quality assurance, or the corresponding acceptance of any construction material item on MDOT Let contracts.