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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QUOTES

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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QUOTES

“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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QUOTES

“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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QUOTES

“We don’t think about it as asset management….it simply is what you are supposed to do.”

--Gordon Proctor, Director, Ohio DOT