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Course Schedule

• FDOT CADD Essentials: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
• Plan Development Workflow: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
• Roadway Design 2D: Thursday, January 29, 2026
• Automated Quantites: Friday, January 30, 2026

Course Descriptions: This collection of four courses is specially developed for beginners and young engineers to provide the essential skills necessary to contribute in plan production quickly and efficiently.

• CADD Essentials: This course is an overview of the FDOT Connect workspace for OpenRoads Designer. The goal of this course is to provide the user with an understanding of the FDOT workspace for OpenRoads Designer and an overview of the essential elements of the FDOT design environment as a prerequisite for further FDOT CADD training courses.
  
  
• Plan Development Workflow: This training course is to introduce OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition – OpenRoads Technology tools for Plan Development Workflows on Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects. The curriculum was developed within the FDOTCONNECT Workspace to provide sample exercises for most of the new Plan Development tools on a sample project data set.
  
  
• Roadway Design 2D Basics: This is a training course that will go over the fundamentals of 2D design Alignments, 2D-Planimetrics & Profiles. Participants will be introduced to Bentley OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition – OpenRoads Technology tools for design and modeling; specifically for Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects using the FDOTCONNECT Workspace.
  
  
• Automated Quantities: This training course details the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Quantity Workflow developed for the Summary of Quantity Reports required for the Estimated Quantities Report PDF. The participants will learn the use of FDOT and OpenRoads Designer tools required in the workflow. This includes tools used to assign pay item information to 2D and 3D design elements, calculate quantities, and export quantity reports. This course also covers the Designer Interface Quantity Builder, used to generate an XML file compatible for upload to Designer Interface for AASHTOWare Project Preconstruction.

Virtual Software Check

The software checks and training lab will be hosted virtually through Microsoft TEAMS. Details for the software check will be included in the confirmation email. In order to participate fully, please be sure your software is up to date and that the dataset is downloaded prior to the software check. You will receive links for updating in your confirmation email. The day before the event you will receive a TEAMS link to attend this virtual training lab and a digital copy of the Course Guide will be provided.

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Professional Development Hours

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Cancellations, Substitutions, & Refunds

If circumstances change and you can no longer attend this event, you may cancel your registration by providing written notice to the Meridith Glass. Registrations may be refunded if cancellation is made at least 10 business days prior to the event. Cancellations received after the cancellation cutoff will not receive a refund. Substitutions can be made at any time prior to the event date.