Design training

Training

The Statewide Design training overview (PDF 1.1MB) explains the many types of training available, how to find trainers and how to be informed of upcoming trainings.

Design courses training matrix (PDF 201KB) will help you find the courses you need and give you priority recommendations.

Design Academy is our premier event for design training, guiding participants through the Project Development process with a combination of virtual and in-person sessions led by key support groups. The event also includes a team-based design project. For full details, refer to the 2025 Design Academy flyer (PDF 383KB) for more information.

Design documentation (PDF 4.54MB) and design analysis training (PDF 10.5MB) are available from your Assistant State Design Engineer covering the design documentation process and how to write a design analysis. WSDOT employees can access The Learning Center on insideDOT for the next available class.

The 2024 Design Manual Update Webinar - Videos are recordings of the current design manual update training webinar. The webinar was separated into 28 individual videos and there is one video for each chapter.

Consultant training

Project Management elearning has video courses of Change Management, Negotiation Essentials, and Risk Management.

The following video courses are also available for credit in the Learning Center for WSDOT Staff:

• WSDOT Constructability in Design promotes the importance of creating designs that are buildable, biddable, and maintainable.
• WSDOT Quality Management is focused on design-bid-build and offers practical advice and guidance, along with suggestions on project quality steps: Planning, Control, Assurance and Verification.
• WSDOT Contract Specification Writing course modules is an introduction to WSDOT Special Provisions – which are Contract Provisions and Project-specific Provisions that are part of the Contract for design-bid-build projects.
• WSDOT Contract Review OLT explains basic WSDOT contract plans review principles.

Communications

Subscribe to the “Design Training News” Listserv. The Listserv includes the Training Newsletter, Monday Morning Minute, Grub Club, and all other training announcements.

Resources

For training opportunities in other divisions and disciplines within the agency, please refer to the WSDOT trainers contact list (PDF 94KB)

Find specialty groups and contacts (PDF 475KB) within WSDOT.  This resource has descriptions of the WSDOT specialty groups and the last two pages have contacts for each group.

Use this Plans Quality Management workbook (XLSM 1MB) as a template for quality management (including project management plan, 30/60/90/100 plans review checklists and CAD checklist.