Developing And Maintaining Construction Inspection Competence

This report summarizes findings from a domestic scan of construction inspection competence within transportation agencies and other organizations. The purpose of this scan was to investigate what agencies are doing to develop and maintain a skilled construction inspector (CI) workforce in the face of an aging workforce, changing missions, shifting priorities, and shrinking budgets. A construction inspector is defined as one whose primary responsibility is to verify that contractor work meets standards and specifications by observation and measurement. Another commonly used title is construction technician. A construction technician is a broader term that could include testing lab, survey, and office personnel involved in performing testing and processing payments for the contractor. The scan investigated the following topics: (1) Organizational knowledge transfer/knowledge management initiatives; (2) Training programs; (3) Qualifications and certifications; (4) Career path management (employee cross-training); (5) Expand innovations and new technologies; (6) Consultant engineering inspection (CEI); and (7) Organizational hiring (recruiting) and retention practices.

• Record URL:
  http://www.domesticscan.org/wp-content/uploads/FR_DS.15-01.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Arora and Associates, P.C.

  Lawrenceville, NJ  United States 

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Wight, Robert
  • Alvarado, Andrew
  • Chaput, Mark
  • Clayton, Darby
  • Garcia, Romeo R
  • Hoyne, David
  • Lewis, Jeff
  • Lutz, Robert A
  • Smith, Rick
• Publication Date: 2017-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 165p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Contractors; Inspection; Inspectors; Personnel management; State departments of transportation; Training
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Education and Training; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01655894
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 20 68A, Scan 15-01
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 2 2018 10:41AM