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<br /> 2018<br /> YEAR IN<br /> REVIEW<br /> From recovery<br /> efforts in the wake of<br /> Hurricane Harvey,<br /> to statewide funding<br /> initiatives, it’s been a<br /> busy year for TxDOT.<br /> VOLUME 43 | ISSUE 6 | NOV/DEC 2018<br /> JAMES BASS<br /> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br /> At TxDOT, we spend a lot of time<br /> talking about, planning for and<br /> practicing good on-the-job safety<br /> habits. And that’s because we know<br /> that the more we spread the message,<br /> the greater the likelihood that you’ll get<br /> home at the end of each day. But that’s<br /> what you do for family. You want to<br /> protect them.<br /> But you know, as much as we are<br /> a family within this agency, our ties<br /> extend past district boundaries and<br /> division offices. Your at-home family is<br /> as much a part of our TxDOT family<br /> as the man or woman with whom<br /> you share a cubicle wall. And it’s our<br /> responsibility a<a title="TNMAG1118 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=1"> 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW From recovery efforts </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=2"> JAMES BASS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR At TxDOT, we s</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=3"> 10 ON THE COVER As 2018 draws to a close, TN take</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=4"> 1 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW New distr</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=5"> The Corpus Christi District welcomed the newest f</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=6"> TxDOT TALK AROUND THE STATE From the Panhandle to</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=7"> Operation Safe Driver supports safety in Laredo </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=8"> COVER STORY SECURITY MATTERS DEFENDING AGAI</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=9"> The Yoakum District is home to the Sternadel fami</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=10"> COVER STORY MOVING FORWARD LOOKING 2018 BACK </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=11"> Looking for efficiencies In 2018, TxDOT set a</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=12"> COVER STORY Continued from page 11 </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=13"> COVER STORY D</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=14"> FEATURE STORY TxDOT helps ancient bones </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=15"> FEATURE STORY T exas’ landscape is dot</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=16"> FEATURE STORY PROGRESS IN PROCUREMENT C </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=17"> FEATURE STORY Wood, with assistance and inp</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=18"> FEATURE STORY YOUR ROADMAP TO SUCCESS TxDOT CAR</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=19"> LAREDO REC CENTER NAMED AFTER TxDOT EMPLOYEE T </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=20"> GOING UNDERGROUND: HELPS LOCATE BURIED UTILITIES</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=21"> LANGUAGE IN THE WORKPLACE A s TxDOT continue</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=22"> I-35 EAST PROJECT WINS TRANSPORTATION AWARD </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=23"> 7 HEALTH PLAN BENEFITS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Emp</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=24"> I am a… Photo Librarian A nne Cook </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=25"> Tell us about the TxDOT photo library. What’s you</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=26"> EMPLOYEE Shelby Sultemeier How would yo</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=27"> Where Am I? Here is a photo depicting an identifi</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=28"> MILESTONES 2018 SEPTEMBER SERVICE AWARDS DISTRI</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=29"> OCTOBER SERVICE AWARDS 5 Zaheerul Arefeen </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=30"> MILESTONES 2018 AUGUST RETIREE REPORT DISTRICTS </a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=31"> TxDOT Family Members Chime In What is your must-</a> <a title="TNMAG1118 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40713267?page=32"> 125 E. 11th St. Austin, Texas 78701 ADDRESS SERVI</a>