The 920 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is forming an independent commission to help implement the new, industry-developed “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals (SCTPP) programme.
The SCTPP Commission will be led by the chief executive officers of two of the largest transportation construction firms in the United States. Both are passionate safety advocates. David Walls, president & CEO of Austin Industries, based in Dallas, Texas, and Ross Myers, chairman & CEO of Allan Myers, based in Worcester, Pennsylvania, accepted appointments as co-chairs of the commission.
The nine-member SCTPP Commission met in Dallas in April and established operational policies to guide the certification program. Commissioners will provide leadership, governance and on-going oversight as the programme moves forward.
Joining Walls and Myers as SCTPP commissioners are top leaders from the transportation project planning, design and materials sectors, government, organised labor, and the trucking and insurance industries. They are: Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Transportation Victor Mendez;2782 WSP│2693 Parsons Brinckerhoff President & CEO for the U.S. Central & South America Greg Kelly; Ash Grove President & COO Randy Vance; Recently retired Texas Department of Transportation Occupational Safety & Health Director Jerral Wyer; Laborers’ International Union of North America Training & Education Fund National Apprentice Director James Urtz; Cargo Transporters Inc. Director of Safety Jerry Waddell; and Liberty Mutual Insurance Group Technical Director of Risk Control Services Don Tolbert.
The SCTPP program is aimed at the thousands of transportation project professionals who could make a huge, industry-wide safety impact by learning core competencies necessary to identify and mitigate potentially life-threatening on-site risks.
It is also intended to create a “safety benchmark” for all future civil engineering and construction management program graduates who are interested in employment with industry-leading firms.
The SCTPP Commission will be led by the chief executive officers of two of the largest transportation construction firms in the United States. Both are passionate safety advocates. David Walls, president & CEO of Austin Industries, based in Dallas, Texas, and Ross Myers, chairman & CEO of Allan Myers, based in Worcester, Pennsylvania, accepted appointments as co-chairs of the commission.
The nine-member SCTPP Commission met in Dallas in April and established operational policies to guide the certification program. Commissioners will provide leadership, governance and on-going oversight as the programme moves forward.
Joining Walls and Myers as SCTPP commissioners are top leaders from the transportation project planning, design and materials sectors, government, organised labor, and the trucking and insurance industries. They are: Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Transportation Victor Mendez;
The SCTPP program is aimed at the thousands of transportation project professionals who could make a huge, industry-wide safety impact by learning core competencies necessary to identify and mitigate potentially life-threatening on-site risks.
It is also intended to create a “safety benchmark” for all future civil engineering and construction management program graduates who are interested in employment with industry-leading firms.
