Optimizing utility owner participation in the project development and delivery process.

Details

• Creators:
  Quiroga, Cesar ; Li, Yingfeng ; Kraus, Edgar ; Le, Jerry
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public utilities
  • Conflict management
  • Cost estimating
  • Communication
  • Construction projects
  • Project management
  • Stakeholders
  • Training
  • Public utilities
  • Conflict management
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-13/0-6624-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Abstract:
  Coordination with utility owners during the project development and delivery process involves multiple ; activities, such as requesting and collecting data about the location and characteristics of existing facilities to ; identifying and analyzing utility conflicts, coordinating with utility stakeholders for the resolution of those ; utility conflicts, preparing and executing utility agreements, coordinating and inspecting utility adjustments, ; and coordinating reimbursements and audits. Effective communication, cooperation, and coordination ; among utility stakeholders are critical to keeping transportation projects on schedule. Unfortunately, these ; elements are frequently lacking during project development and delivery to allow for the adoption of costeffective ; solution strategies. This report documents the results of research completed to develop strategies to ; improve the participation and response of utility owners in the project development and delivery process. To ; achieve this objective, the researchers (1) reviewed strategies that the Texas Department of Transportation ; (TxDOT) and other agencies use to engage utility owners, (2) developed a set of strategies designed to ; optimize utility owner participation, (3) conducted stakeholder meetings and workshops to gauge the ; potential acceptability of these strategies, and (4) developed recommendations for changes to business ; processes and procedures. The four sets of strategies are: (1) modernization of the utility process, (2) utility ; conflict matrix approach, (3) streamlining and standardization of utility cost data submissions, and (4) core ; skill training on utility topics. The research also included the development of an implementation plan and ; standalone guidebook and training materials to assist in the implementation of each of these strategies.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6624
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25886/dot_25886_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.71 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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