United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration

MRUTC 06-06, Phase 2

Tech Report

Wisconsin

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Final report; Feb. 5, 2008-June 30, 2009.

Midwest Regional University Transportation Center

NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Construction and Maintenance ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY ;

Interest in asset management has grown over the last two decades but agencies continue to be

concerned about the cost to develop and implement asset management processes. While originally

introduced as a tool for policy analysis, HERS-ST is free software that delivers several asset

management functions. This report uses a generic methodology to document a strategy to assess the

benefits to be gained using tools such as HERS-ST. The impact of decisions made using HERS-ST

(referred to as “with HERS-ST”) are compared with decisions made using a naïve worst first

strategy (referred to as “without HERS-ST”) using common performance measures, net present

value and benefit cost ratios. The methodology is applied to three different data sets. The data from

New Mexico are used to explore strategies for communicating the results using charts, graphs and

tables. Data from Kentucky and Delaware are used to develop more in-depth case studies. All three

data sets demonstrate that significant benefits can be realized using HERS-ST. A Step-by-Step

Guide for implementing the methodology and a training module are also developed.

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