Integration of utility and environmental activities in the project development process.

Details

• Creators:
  Quiroga, Cesar ; Kraus, Edgar ; Overman, John ; Koncz, Nicholas
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Environmental Impact Analysis--Texas Environmental Impacts Highway Design Project Management Project Management--Texas--Computer Programs. Public Utilities Public Utilities--Location--Texas Roads--Texas--Design And Construction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-10/0-6065-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2007-Aug. 2009.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Two sources of delay during the project development process are utility adjustments and the environmental
  
  review and clearance process. There are several efforts underway at the Texas Department of Transportation
  
  (TxDOT) to optimize these processes, including recently finished and active research projects. Despite these
  
  efforts, the interaction between the utility process and the environmental process is one that has not received
  
  proper attention over the years. One of the reasons is that, although the collection of data about existing and
  
  abandoned utility installations is part of the environmental data gathering process, in practice the collection
  
  of detailed underground utility-related data normally starts in the design phase, which typically occurs after
  
  the environmental process is complete.
  
  The purpose of the research was to evaluate the feasibility of (a) obtaining better existing utility data during
  
  preliminary design and coordinating this activity with the environmental process; and (b) increasing the level
  
  of definition of design components during preliminary design without affecting environmental requirements
  
  to support the earlier application of utility processes. The analysis resulted in 10 optimization strategies that
  
  address a variety of environmental and utility issues identified through a literature review and meetings with
  
  stakeholders throughout the state. The researchers also developed a high detailed business process diagram
  
  that integrates environmental and utility functions, with a specific emphasis on the preliminary design phase.
  
  To facilitate access to model information, the researchers developed a web-based application called TxDOT
  
  Business Process Explorer (TxBPE). TxBPE can be accessed on the Internet, the TxDOT intranet, or from a
  
  local or networked computer drive.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6065
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:802802211e6335e9db1f7bd2d4a3ab49124cd4d12ca491ea413220b88a1eee52
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17633/dot_17633_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.83 MB ]