Category: Blog
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Traffic Control for Colorado Mountain SUE Operations: What Engineers and Contractors Need to Know
Every spring across Colorado’s mountain corridors, survey crews and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) teams start preparing the ground for the summer construction season. Before paving crews arrive or utility replacements begin, engineers and contractors rely on SUE work—vac trucks, potholing crews, and utility locators—to safely map underground infrastructure. But in the Colorado mountains and across…
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Traffic control roles involved in a typical closure
Road construction and utility work are routine parts of maintaining our infrastructure, but behind every orange cone and detour sign is a coordinated effort by traffic control professionals. While most drivers only notice the delays, there’s an entire team working to ensure safety, compliance, and efficient traffic flow around work zones. In this post, we’ll…
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The Critical Role of Traffic Control in Hydrovac Operations
When it comes to underground work, hydro excavation (also known as hydrovac) is often the safest and most precise method available. Whether it’s daylighting for engineering surveys or exposing utilities near live infrastructure, hydrovac trucks play a key role in telecom, electrical, and municipal projects. But there’s one piece of the operation that’s just as…
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Closing Two Lanes of Traffic at Once: What You Need to Know for Safe & Compliant Lane Closures in Denver
In certain roadway construction scenarios, a single-lane closure simply won’t provide enough space to complete the work safely. Whether you’re replacing a manhole in the middle of an intersection or trenching across multiple travel lanes, closing two lanes of traffic at once is sometimes necessary to protect workers and the public. At Ikon Traffic Services,…
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Colorado Department Of Transportation CDOT TCPs
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) oversees the fastest (and therefore most dangerous) roadways in Colorado, so they require specific CDOT TCPs for construction on the roads they control. Introduction to CDOT TCPs If you ever find yourself needing to do work on any of the interstates, U.S. highways, toll roads, and numbered state highways…