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:
  Contracting Snow And Ice Control Winter Maintenance
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  MnDOT No. 99006, WO 11
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32648/dot_32648_DS1.pdf
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