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CHAPTER SEVEN
Falling Weight Deflectometer Program Administration
FWD program administration is the discipline of organizing shown in Figure 11. The majority of these budgets were pri-
and managing resources (i.e., people, equipment, schedules, marily spent on project-level testing, including forensics. On
and money) in such a way that FWD testing can be com- average, 65% of program budgets were applied to project-
pleted within the defined constraints of scope, quality, time, level testing, compared with 22% for research and 11% for
and cost. Each SHA program administrator endeavors to network-level testing (Appendix B, Question 82).
work within the limitations of their resources.
Among SHAs with an FWD program, an average of 2,194 Outsourcing Requirements
lane-km (1,363 lane-mi)--with a median of 644 lane-km
(400 lane-mi)--are tested annually. Tested lane distances Although most FWD activity is performed by SHA staff,
are shown in Figure 10. Additionally, 187 full-time employ- some work is outsourced. The budgets of three responding
ees work for these programs (Appendix B, Question 87). states--Florida, New Jersey, and Rhode Island--are domi-
nated by outsourcing activities, which respectively make up
75%, 90%, and 70% of each SHA FWD program budget
Annual Budgeting (Appendix B, Question 83). Typically, outsourced work
must follow the local SHA's procedures; Florida reported
From the survey results, the responding SHAs' expenditures that contractors must "Follow FDOT procedures including
varied widely for their FWD program budgets. Three states-- training, equipment used, calibration, data quality checks,
Connecticut, Kentucky, and New Hampshire--stated that and deliverables." Additionally, one state--Alaska--serves
no SHA FWD program was in place. On the opposite end of as an FWD services provider for other agencies such as the
the spectrum, California reported spending $850,000 annu- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Appendix B, Question 85).
ally on its FWD program. A histogram of annual budgets is
FIGURE 10 Survey response to Question 87: "Approximately what lane-distance does your FWD program
test annually?"
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FIGURE 11 Survey responses to question 82: "What is the average annual operating budget--including
labor, materials, travel, etc.--for your FWD field testing program?"
