North American study on contracting snow and ice response : final report.

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• Creators:
  Fay, Laura ; Muthumani, Anburaj ; Bergner, Dave ; Bittner, Jason J.
• Corporate Creators:
  Western Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Clear Roads Pooled Fund
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Snow and ice control
  • Winter maintenance
  • Contracting
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CR15-03
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report, Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2017
• Corporate Publisher:
  Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Research Services & Library
• Abstract:
  Snow and ice control operations are a vital function often conducted by state and local transportation agencies. Many ; states are choosing to contract snow and ice response services, instead of or in addition to the use of in-house forces, ; to maintain lean departments and avoid the equipment responsibilities. This has been a common practice for years, at ; both state and local levels. How, when, and why contractors are used varies considerably among agencies. ; Traditionally, contractors have been used for temporary acute shortages of trucks and personnel or for extreme ; weather situations that taxed agency capabilities, or agencies have used contractors for snow routes in remote ; locations. Contractors augment agency staff by regularly handling assigned routes throughout a specific winter season; ; supplementing agency staff on an as-needed, where-needed basis in case of a shortage of agency personnel and/or ; equipment; and handling all snow and ice control in a defined area as part of a long-term asset management contract ; that includes other roadway maintenance activities. ; Contracting winter maintenance services has been a key operational strategy for many state, local, and provincial road ; agencies, but little work has been done to clearly define the extent of the use of contracted services, specifically in ; snow and ice control operations, or to summarize the effective practices. To address this issue, this research effort ; utilized a literature review, survey, and synthesis of collected information to identify the state-of-the-practice and stateof-the-art ; when using contracted services, and identifies lessons learned by agencies. The report presents conclusions ; and recommendations based on the research effort.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  MnDOT No. 99006, WO 11
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32648/dot_32648_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.84 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:204d01e1563260bd36177bdfe34702eda0eecdfe71086739e46f43c87cce65c91459b51c6a347fef684c38b8c078f6eba1ea78842502757b6dc368cbc4b160e2