Two industry experts have been named to helm the American Road & Transportation Association’s (ARTBA) primary safety panels, the Transportation Safety Advisory Council (TSAC) and the ARTBA Safety Committee.
Jim Burnley has been named chair of the TSAC, which creates the policies that guide the association’s legislative, regulatory, and member services efforts on safety. Lee Cole was named chair of ARTBA’s Safety Committee.
Burnley, a partner at Venable LLP and secretary of the Department of Transportation from 1987 to 1989, is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on transportation law and policy. Cole, vice president of Environmental, Health & Safety for CRH Americas Materials Inc., has been in the safety, health and environmental field for over 40 years.
TSAC includes representatives from each of the eight ARTBA membership divisions, officials said, allowing virtually all segments of the transportation construction industry to be heard and represented.
ARTBA’s Safety Committee focuses on the occupational safety and health hazards faced by transportation construction workers and temporary traffic control requirements for road users who must navigate roadway construction work zones.
ARTBA, established in 1902, is the consensus voice of the transportation design and construction industry in the nation’s capital.