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1Background The National Highway System (NHS) is composed of 163,000 miles of significant rural and urban roads, including about 46,000 miles of the Interstate system.
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2Renewal Project R03: Guide to Identifying and Reducing Workforce Fatigue in Rapid Renewal Projects, contains specific implementation-oriented material for use by highway construction contractors, including superintendents and safety personnel. The guide includes organizational practices guidance, technical reference material such as fatigue countermeasures, training material, and work schedule risk assessment and guidance.
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3research. The final set of projects for conducting field research and the time periods during which it was conducted are as follows: • Florida, SR-50: March 2011 • New York, I-287: May 2011 • Washington, SR-520: February, March, June 2011 The team conducted interviews with 20 SMEs and administered the survey to 47 respondents, including both management and labor.
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4environment, including the preventive countermeasures of adequate sleep, "defensive napping," a good sleeping environment, and limiting overtime or work schedule modification. Operational countermeasures include caffeine, napping, "anchor sleep," and rest breaks.
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5• A credible dissemination pathway for the suite of products is needed. Development of these products, such as fatigue training, countermeasure tools, guidance, and references, assumes the existence of a dissemination pathway to effectively distribute the material.
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6• The tools developed in this project have great potential for addressing the fatigue problems identified herein, but they must be introduced to relevant stakeholders and end users in a clear and supportive manner. • Outreach would consist of a broad communications effort aimed at scientific and technical audiences as well as industry stakeholder groups.
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