Epstein, D., Badgley, J., & Calley, C. (2018). Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System Evaluation [Final Report] (Report No. FHWA-HRT-17-073). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36946
Epstein, David, Jonathan Badgley, and Chris Calley. Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System Evaluation [Final Report]. Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-073. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management, 2018. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36946.
Epstein, David, et al. Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System Evaluation [Final Report]. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management, 2018, Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-073, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36946.
The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management and the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development selected the Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) program for evaluation. The evaluators were asked to focus on research topic selection, early research development, and deployers’ decisions to adopt GRS-IBS. The study found that FHWA activities, including Every Day Counts, increased awareness of GRS-IBS among potential deployers. GRS-IBS research and deployment were challenged within FHWA by five internal barriers: poor communication, insufficient collaboration, gaps in evidence, dissemination issues, and resistance to change. GRSIBS research and deployment were challenged outside FHWA by four external barriers: knowledge, financial, design, and political. GRS-IBS expresses some of the characteristics of a disruptive technology.
Epstein, D., Badgley, J., & Calley, C. (2018). Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System Evaluation [Final Report] (Report No. FHWA-HRT-17-073). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36946
Epstein, David, Jonathan Badgley, and Chris Calley. Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System Evaluation [Final Report]. Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-073. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management, 2018. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36946.
Epstein, David, et al. Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System Evaluation [Final Report]. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management, 2018, Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-073, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36946.
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