Indiana Local Roads - An Asset Management Guide for Cities, Towns and Counties

This Guide is designed to serve as a resource to agencies adopting an asset management philosophy. It presents an asset management process that can be used by any local agency in Indiana. It also introduces common terminology and helpful hints to get you started. The Guide promotes a statewide approach to gather and analyze the information you need to develop an asset management plan. You can use this Guide to: learn more about what asset management is, identify the steps involved with implementing asset management, discover ways to use data to better communicate with elected officials, develop an effective asset management plan. The focus of this Guide is on Transportation Asset Management, but the same concepts can be applied to other assets that your agency manages, such as sewers and water treatment plants

Documenting FHWA Quality Assurance Assessment 2022: Summary Report

Contract #: 693JJ319D000018, Order #: 693JJ321F000225In 2008, the FHWA Office of Infrastructure and the FHWA Resource Center developed the initial Quality Assurance (QA) Assessment evaluation tool to address the six QA program elements: agency acceptance, dispute resolution, technician certification/qualification, qualified/accredited laboratories, independent assurance, and contractor quality control processes. Additional assessments were conducted in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018 with the FHWA refining the process over time to improve the quality of the data collected. The assessments contained items on effective practices by State departments of transportation (DOTs) as well as how State DOT\u2019s QA programs addressed 23 CFR 637 Subpart B requirements. The QA Assessment was developed as a risk evaluation tool for both the FHWA and the State DOTs although the QA Assessment does not evaluate material quality or compliance with Federal laws or regulations. This report provides the results of the 2022 QA Assessment along with a trend analysis of the common topics evaluated since the initial 2008 QA Assessment

Equity Considerations in Asset Management: Case Studies

Contract No. 693JJ319D000023/ Order No. 693JJ320F000210Transportation agencies regularly consider trade-offs between investment options to address competing priorities with limited resources. Inadequate funding for all needed transportation improvements forces agencies to make difficult decisions across asset classes, such as mobility improvements versus preservation or on-going maintenance versus system expansion projects. The results of these decisions can have a positive impact on one performance measure but a negative impact on another. For instance, increasing funds to address mobility issues through the construction of new roads and bridges can divert needed funding from planned long-term asset management activities that are vital to minimize the life cycle costs necessary for sustainable system performance. In this example, the investment to address mobility improves traffic reliability measures but may lead to lower asset conditions. In addition to factors such as system preservation, mobility, and safety when making transportation investment decisions, equity is also an important consideration. Interest in finding ways to strengthen equity considerations is growing, as evidenced by its prominence at the 13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management sponsored by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in August 2021 and the TRB Advancing Transportation Equity Conference held virtually in September 2021. The FHWA\u2019s Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group (TAM ETG) recognized the importance of equity as an emerging topic and prepared this document to explore existing initiatives underway in State, local, and regional transportation agencies to better consider equity in asset management decisions. The results indicate that equity considerations are more common in transportation planning activities than in asset management decisions impacting project selection. Therefore, the document presents suggestions for advancing the consideration of equity in asset management investment decisions

Considerations in Managing Pavements and Bridges in Fair Condition

Contract No. 693JJ319D000023/Order No. 693JJ320F000210The percentage of pavements and bridges in Fair condition represents a significant portion of the nation\u2019s inventory. This document summarizes points raised during virtual meetings conducted by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA\u2019s) Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group (TAM ETG) during calendar year 2021. These discussions addressed the importance of managing pavement and bridge assets in Fair condition as a cost-effective strategy for system preservation. This summary highlights several examples provided by the TAM ETG to illustrate the importance of managing assets in Fair condition and suggests the consideration of performance to preserve or extend asset life in accordance with sound lifecycle planning practices to mitigate risk. The discussions that took place on this topic were independent of the approach used to define Fair condition

Pavement Resilience: State of the Practice

Contract DTFH6115D00005L Task Order 693JJ318F000230For the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), resilience, with respect to a project, means a project with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and or adapt to changing conditions and or withstand, respond to, and or recover rapidly from disruptions. This includes the ability: (A) to resist hazards or withstand impacts from weather events and natural disasters, or to reduce the magnitude or duration of impacts of a disruptive weather event or natural disaster on a project; and (B) to have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to decrease project vulnerability to weather events or other natural disasters. 23 U.S.C. \ua7 101(a)(24). As noted in FHWA Order 5520 (FHWA 2014), climate change and extreme weather events present significant and growing risks to the safety, reliability, effectiveness, and sustainability of the Nation\u2019s transportation infrastructure. This document examines pavement resilience, a subset of transportation resilience, and describes the state of knowledge, practice, and future needs based on (1) key national and international climate documents, (2) a FHWA approach to resilience, (3) the results of an unpublished literature review, and (4) the findings from two FHWA-sponsored Peer Exchanges on pavement resilience held in late 2020

Summary of Case Studies and Observations on Airport Experience with Pavement Surface Treatments

The Federal Aviation Administration Airport Technology Research and Development Branch sponsored a study of pavement surface treatments with two main objectives: to identify best practices and to propose guidance for selecting surface treatments as the appropriate treatment strategy for airport pavements. Twelve airports and agencies with surface treatment experience provided information to develop case studies. Site visits were made to 11 airports, associated with 8 of the case studies, to collect additional information. This technical note summarizes key observations regarding the use of surface treatments at different airports and on different features based on those case studies. Complete case studies are included as an appendix

Managing Risks Associated with Major Funding Uncertainty: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Case Study

693JJ319D000023 / 693JJ321F000194This case study details how the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has formalized asset preservation as a guiding principle of its approach, while also exploring the agency\u2019s commitment to maintaining preservation and safety before other transportation priorities. It demonstrates how the TAMP (FDOT 2015a, 2019) reinforces and activates Florida\u2019s legislative requirement (Florida Senate 2000-2022b) to focus on preservation as an approach to mitigate uncertainty in funding. Additionally, it describes the role TAM Workshops play in shaping and validating FDOT\u2019s progress toward its priorities and supporting its decision-making process. This case study also highlights FDOT's processes for projecting needed and available funding resources, beginning with the Revenue Estimating Conferences (REC), which meets three times a year to consider the forecast of revenues flowing into the State Transportation Trust Fund (STTF). It describes how FDOT monitors cost indicators, costs, and supplies along with Trust fund balances and anticipated Federal revenues as part of a comprehensive and sustained forecasting strategy

Managing Risks Associated with Major Funding Uncertainty: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Case Study

693JJ319D000023 / 693JJ321F000194This case study focuses on MDOT\u2019s investment strategy development process, including its asset condition forecasting methodology. It explores MDOT\u2019s use of asset condition forecasting and its efforts to identify alternative strategies. It describes how the agency conducts strategy selection, target-setting, and the Call for Projects process. This case study also highlights MDOT\u2019s revenue and cost monitoring and provides an overview of how the Department performs ongoing monitoring. It describes MDOT\u2019s approach to revising the capital plan and its treatment of inflation and cost escalation. This case study examines the agency\u2019s communication approaches, including actively using the Roads and Bridges Annual Report (TAMC 2021), the MiScorecard (MDOT 2019b), the annual 5-Year Transportation Program (5YTP) (MDOT 2022), and the TAMP (MDOT 2019a) to advance asset management. It also describes various TAMC products, including dashboards, interactive maps, and the Investment Reporting Tool

Pavement Management Roadmap

693JJ319D000018693JJ320F000206The FHWA\u2019s update to its Pavement Management Roadmap helps to identify the steps that will address current gaps in pavement management and to establish research initiatives and priorities. Initial gaps were identified based on a literature review, project team knowledge, and a satisfaction survey of Federal, State, and local pavement management practitioners (authorized under Office of Management and Budget control number 2125-0628). They were grouped according to four themes: Theme 1 \u2013 Data, Theme 2 \u2013 Pavement Management Analysis Tools and Other Applications, Theme 3 \u2013 Workforce and Organization Issues, and Theme 4 - Technological Advancements \u2013 New Tools, Methodologies, and Technology. The Roadmap was derived from a series of virtual stakeholder workshops in which representatives from State and local agencies, academia, private industry, and the FHWA met to discuss and prioritize suggestions for enhancing current practices. The Roadmap contains 72 action items (46 short-term and 26 long-term) in 15 improvement areas across the four themes. The results can be used to determine new research, development, and technology transfer opportunities

Lifecycle Cost Analysis RealCost User Manual

DTFH61-07-D-00028-T-09004DTFH6117D00005L/693JJ318F000355Lifecycle cost analysis (LCCA) is an engineering economic analysis tool that compares the relative merit of competing project implementation alternatives. LCCA considers both the agency and user costs incurred during the service life of an asset and helps transportation officials select the most preferred alternative. Additionally, LCCA introduces a structured methodology that accounts for the effects of agency activities on transportation users and provides a means to balance those effects with the system\u2019s construction, rehabilitation, and preservation needs. This manual aims to help users of the Federal Highway Administration\u2019s (FHWA\u2019s) RealCost 3.0, a Microsoft\uae Excel\uae-based LCCA tool to conduct LCCA. This user manual reflects the updated and enhanced RealCost 3.0\u2019s input data requirements, functions, analysis features, and user interface. The RealCost 3.0 tool has been updated to work on both Excel 32- and 64-bit versions and avoids the need for installation or availability of any third-party or other commercial components other than Excel 2010 or newer on end users\u2019 computers. The user manual contains a brief introduction to LCCA and adheres to the LCCA methodology explained in detail within FHWA\u2019s Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in Pavement Design Interim Technical Bulletin (Walls and Smith 1998). It also explains the steps to install and operate RealCost 3.0. Appendix A details the procedure to compute LCCA using examples of three pavement and one bridge projects. Appendix B helps users understand the customization of RealCost 3.0 for their specific needs. The user manual will interest State highway agency personnel and consultants responsible for conducting and reviewing LCCA