Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects
Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects

Author: Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0309129397

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This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, identifies strategies that have been successfully used to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation projects within the context of existing laws and regulations. It discusses 16 common constraints on project delivery and 24 strategies for addressing or avoiding them. While the strategies are associated with planning and environmental review, many are also applicable to design and construction.

Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects
Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects

Author: Leslie Ann McCarthy

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0309223822

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"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 442: Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects explores what performance measures, delivery practices, strategies, and tools are currently used in relation to federally-funded local public agency (LPA) highway project development and delivery, and how they are used to measure success in project administration. " -- Publisher's description.

Risk Management
Risk Management

Author: Muddassar Sarfraz

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2021-12-22

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1839689056

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Risk management is a very important process in the context of global and organizational sustainability. It helps organizations prepare for organizational risks and reduce costs before they occur. Risk management contributes to the achievement of organizational objectives and to the development of organizational benefits and risk opportunities. As such, this book identifies strategic challenges for risk management assessment and practices, examines potential factors that affect business growth, and offers new opportunities for enterprises. It includes fifteen chapters that cover such topics as sustainable management in the construction industry, risk communication in the age of COVID, managing tax risks in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and much more.

Accelerating Transportation Project and Program Delivery
Accelerating Transportation Project and Program Delivery

Author: Dennis Keck

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 0309154901

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NCHRP Report 662 describes how selected transportation agencies have reduced the time required to complete the project delivery process. This process takes new or renewed transportation facilities and services from conception to completion, ready for users. Project delivery is a primary indicator of an agency's effectiveness. Individual highway and other transportation projects are developed under programs intended to implement agency and legislative initiatives and other public policy. The way programs are organized and managed can determine the speed and efficiency of project development. Accelerating program functions can speed up project delivery. This report describes the experiences of eight state departments of transportation (DOTs) that made improvements in their project delivery and the lessons to be learned from their experiences. The information will be useful to DOT managers seeking to ensure that their agencies' organization, policies, and program operations facilitate project delivery.

Effective Delivery of Small-scale Federal-aid Projects
Effective Delivery of Small-scale Federal-aid Projects

Author: Leslie Ann McCarthy

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0309143314

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 414: Effective Delivery of Small-Scale Federal-Aid Projects examines streamlined methods for meeting federal funding requirements for small-scale highway projects. The report explores ways that state departments of transportation work with local agencies to implement small projects eligible for federal funding. Appendix G to NCHRP Synthesis 414 is available only in the pdf version of the report.

Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes
Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes

Author: Daniel Brod

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 0309283485

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"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 755: Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes describes a process for estimating the costs of highway-rail grade crossing crashes. A spreadsheet-based tool to facilitate use of the cost estimation process is available online." --Publisher description.

Truck Escape Ramps
Truck Escape Ramps

Author: David K. Witheford

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780309053051

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This synthesis will be of interest to highway design engineers, maintenance personnel, safety and enforcement officials, traffic engineers, and others responsible for the safe operation of large trucks on highways. Information is provided on the critical aspects of site location, design criteria, and maintenance procedures, and their relationship to truck escape ramp performance. The safety of truck drivers, other road users, and occupants of roadside properties is often imperiled by the combination of heavy trucks and steep downgrades on highways. Frequently, gearing down, applying the brakes, and using the retarding power of the engine are not sufficient to control the truck, and serious crashes can result. Many states have constructed truck escape ramps to safely remove runaway trucks from the traffic stream. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on the location, design, construction materials, geometrics, and construction costs of truck escape ramps. Operational considerations, such as descriptions of advance warning signs, traffic control devices at the ramp, and vehicle removal procedures are described. Information on frequency and type of usage, maintenance of the ramps, and driver-related issues is also included.

Calibration of Rutting Models for Structural and Mix Design
Calibration of Rutting Models for Structural and Mix Design

Author: Harold L. Von Quintus

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0309214068

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 719: Calibration of Rutting Models for Structural and Mix Design highlights proposed revisions to the Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and software to incorporate three alternative rut-depth prediction models that rely on repeated load (triaxial) permanent deformation or constant height testing to provide the requisite input data.