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... , and current practices from Federal, state, and local agencies. This appendix summarizes the review, organized by risk management, asset data and analytical tools, and performance management.
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... The authors developed a systemic risk-based asset management methodology as a decision-making tool for highway planners and maintenance engineers to manage the maintenance of highway infrastructure systems. A Risk-Based Maintenance Management Model for Toll Road/Tunnel Operations (7)
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... A.2 Asset Data and Analytical Tools Data Cambridge Systematics, U.S. Domestic Scan Program: Best Practices in Transportation Asset Management (14)
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... Also, this guide recommends inventory and condition data items that should be collected for: • Drainage assets, including culverts, ditches, drop inlets, catch basins, drains, curbs, and sidewalks; • Roadside assets, including grass, slopes, and fences; • Pavement assets, including pavement and shoulders; and • Traffic assets, including signs, pavement markings, pavement markers, guardrail, guardrail treatments, and traffic barriers. Analytical Tools A comprehensive review of asset management tools was recently performed for NCHRP Project 20-57 and documented in NCHRP Report 545 (23)
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... . This report details the set of analytical tools available as of 2005 and describes two new tools developed through the NCHRP 20-57 Project: AssetManager NT for network-level asset analysis and AssetManager PT for project-level analysis.
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... Further it recommends the use of seven core measures for comparing performance between DOTs in the following four strategic focus areas: • Preserving the Physical Condition of the Transportation System. Percentage of vehicle miles traveled on state's NHS pavement that meets or exceeds an "acceptable" performance standard, based on IRI; and percentage of state's bridge deck area on the NHS that meets structural condition targets (measured using element-level inspection data)
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... Whereas, the application of risk is absent from most U.S. agencies' asset management frameworks.
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... NCHRP Report 545: Analytical Tools for Asset Management, Contractor's Final Report for NCHRP Project 20-57, 2005.
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... NCHRP Report 551: Performance Measures and Targets for Transportation Asset Management, Contractor's Final Report for NCHRP Project 20-60, 2006.
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