aashto asset mgmt committee
TRANSCRIPT
presented to
AASHTO Subcommittee on Asset Management
presented by
Paul R. Wirfs
Oregon Department of Transportation
October 27, 2006
Overview of the Transportation Asset Management Domestic Scan
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Overview of Scan
Sponsored by AASHTO and FHWA through NCHRP 20-68, Domestic Scan Pilot Program
Objectives
• Identify, disseminate and promote best practices in transportation asset management
• Provide feedback on the effectiveness of the domestic scan program
Scan conducted over two weeks in August and September, 2006
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Scan Format and Concept
Select agencies
Select champions
Review
Lessons learned
Document
Follow-up
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Scan Participants
Agencies InterviewedBoth
Scan team members
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Agencies Interviewed
• City of Portland, Oregon
• Florida DOT
• Florida Turnpike
• Grand Valley Metropolitan Council (Michigan)
• Hillsborough County (Florida)
• Kent County Road Commission (Michigan)
• Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council
• Michigan DOT
• Minnesota DOT
• Ohio DOT
• Oregon DOT
• Pacific Northwest Asset Management User Group
• Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments
• Utah DOT
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Overarching Themes
Successful implementation:
• Champion
• Organizational Self Assessment
• Organizational Model
Power Tools:
• Customer Focus
• Performance Measures
• Scenario Analysis
• Risk Analysis*
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Overarching Themes, continued
Results
• Move Away from “Worst First”
• Preservation First
• Data is an Asset
• Enhanced Communication
• Strong justification for funding
• Data Collection – New Technologies
• Performance Measures – Behavior Modifier
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QUOTES
“We want the owner of the task to own the data.”
--Gordon Proctor, Director, Ohio DOT
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QUOTES
“We know our assets; we know their condition; we know how to predict deterioration; we know what needs to be done.”
--Michigan DOT official
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Asset Management, in many ways, represents a “revenge of the nerds,” . . . We are providing a rational basis for an investment process that can be inherently political.
--SEMCOG Official
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“Asset management is as much about pulling all the players together for a common purpose as it is about its technical aspects.”
--Michigan Asset Management Council official
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“Asset management provides a forum for a common vision and language. It has given the Michigan DOT a sense of purpose.”
---Michigan DOT official
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“We don’t think about it as asset management….it simply is what you are supposed to do.”
--Gordon Proctor, Director, Ohio DOT