Nichols completes jobs

Reno-based Nichols Consulting

Engineers has completed four training

courses and a training manual for the

National Highway Institute, a training arm

of the Federal Highway Administration.

The programs are designed to help state

and local agencies build efficient roadways,

bike paths and walking paths.

The courses include:

* A program to teach local and state

government employees how to effectively

locate utility problems during the project

development stage for early attention.

* A program designed to train agency

staff to build integrated walking path

networks.

* A similar course on bicycle path networks.

* A course on erosion and sediment

control.

Nichols also provided the Federal

Highway Administration a manual on

avoiding utility relocations.