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... 7 The initial work for this project involved conducting literature reviews and case study interviews with agencies to synthesize the practices that can enable GAM. The outcome from the synthesis was used to develop the GAM implementation process and an accompanying manual to be provided as a separate research deliverable.
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... 8 Geotechnical Asset Management for Transportation Agencies, Volume 1: Research Overview processes, and systems and data in these findings. The Interim Report can be made available upon request to TRB.
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... Research Approach 9 • Assessing the asset performance consequences; • Reviewing the recommended treatment recommendations; • Analyzing differing investment levels; and • Communication of initial results. The GAM Implementation Manual recommends starting the GAM process with a small quantity of known assets as a means to quickly implement the complete asset management process before expanding the inventory or considering process improvements.
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... 10 Geotechnical Asset Management for Transportation Agencies, Volume 1: Research Overview Although the annotated outline content remained the same from the material presented in the interim report and interim meeting, some content was reorganized during development of the GAM Implementation Manual. The reorganization was intended to improve the readability of the document in a logical framework considering the implementation workflow and AASHTO TAM steps.

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