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

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• 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:
  • Highway design
  • Project management
  • Public utilities
  • Environmental impacts
  • Roads--Texas--Design and construction
  • Public utilities--Location--Texas
  • Environmental impact analysis--Texas
  • Project management--Texas--Computer programs.
• 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6065
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17633/dot_17633_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:802802211e6335e9db1f7bd2d4a3ab49124cd4d12ca491ea413220b88a1eee52