{"id":390,"date":"2012-08-01T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theflatironblog.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2016-07-28T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:34:30","slug":"flatiron-partners-with-highway-patrol-to-make-work-zones-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/news\/flatiron-partners-with-highway-patrol-to-make-work-zones-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatiron Partners with Highway Patrol to Make Work Zones Safer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work zones are dangerous\u00a0places for Flatiron employees as well\u00a0as motorists. In 2010, motor vehicle\u00a0accidents in work zones resulted in a total\u00a0of 576 22bet casino reviewdeaths across the country at a\u00a0cost of $3 million each, according to the\u00a0National Work Zone Safety Information\u00a0Clearinghouse<\/a>. At Flatiron, we use traffic\u00a0control measures and education to help\u00a0protect all of our site personnel and\u00a0traveling public. Recently our projects have\u00a0seen an increase in incidents resulting in\u00a0property damage, equipment damage and\u00a0third-party fatalities. In an effort to address\u00a0this recent increase, Flatiron\u2019s Los Angeles\/Orange County District requested support\u00a0from the California Highway Patrol in\u00a0Baldwin Park, Calif<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Officer Kerri Rivas helped gather additional\u00a0CHP officers to instruct at the Los Angeles\u00a0District\u2019s second quarter foremen\u2019s\u00a0safety meeting on July 17. The 22bet reviewofficers\u00a0presented information on the risks in\u00a0a work zone, bad habits of motorists\u00a0and statistics of work zone incidents.\u00a0The team also presented a video of an\u00a0incident on Interstate 405<\/a> and a physical\u00a0demonstration of \u201cDUI goggles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marc Shaw, area commander of the CHP\u00a0in Baldwin Park, identified three pillars of\u00a0highway safety: enforcement, education\u00a0and engineering:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Enforcement<\/strong>\u2014CHP officers are\u00a0responsible for enforcing traffic laws,\u00a0especially in work zones.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Education<\/strong>\u2014CHP partners with the\u00a0local community and construction\u00a0industry to conduct traffic safety\u00a0presentations and collaborate on ways\u00a0to improve work zone safety by sharing\u00a0knowledge on construction and traffic.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Engineering<\/strong>\u2014the layout of the\u00a0work zone and placement of signs,\u00a0construction cones and vehicles can all\u00a0impact the safety of the work zone.<\/p>\n

Work zones are already engineered to\u00a0limit potential risk for our employees and\u00a0the public when they navigate them, but\u00a0our impact is greater when we work\u00a0with other groups. By communicating\u00a0and sharing information and partnering\u00a0with groups like the CHP, we have an\u00a0opportunity to protect and save the lives\u00a0of our employees, the traveling public and\u00a0CHP officers. We also have the ability to\u00a0impact legislation; the Associated General\u00a0Contractors of America<\/a>, of which Flatiron is\u00a0a member, formed a committee to propose\u00a0legislation 22bet sports betting appreducing California speed limits\u00a0in construction zones to 45 MPH.<\/p>\n\"safety<\/a>\n

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Work zones are dangerous\u00a0places for Flatiron employees as well\u00a0as motorists. In 2010, motor vehicle\u00a0accidents in work zones resulted in a total\u00a0of 576 22bet casino reviewdeaths across the country at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[56,64,99,103,183,186,187,456],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safety-and-environment","tag-associated-general-contractors-of-america","tag-baldwin-park","tag-calif","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-flatiron-corporation","tag-community-involvement","tag-flatirons-safety","tag-work-zones"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}