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                Expediting Project Delivery Webinar
                Improving Project Delivery Outcomes in Documentation and Construction
                November 15, 2017
                
                
                    • Improving Project Delivery Outcomes in Documentation and Construction
                    • Integrating
                        SHRP2
                        Into
                        NMDOT
                        Projects
                    • VTrans Accelerated Bridge Program
                    • Conclusion
                
                
                Many of the slides in this presentation contain the SHRP2 Solutions logo.
                Improving Project Delivery Outcomes in Documentation and Construction
                Slide 1: Expediting Project Delivery Webinar - Improving Project Delivery Outcomes in Documentation and Construction
                November 15, 2017
                
                    - Kate Kurgan,
                        AASHTO
 
                    - Carlos Figueroa,
                        FHWA
 
                    - David Williams, FHWA
 
                    - Michael Smelker, New Mexico DOT
 
                    - Laura Stone,
                        VTrans
 
                
                Image: A strip of photos: a concrete bridge over a river, a highway with numerous traffic devices on trusses above traffic, a bridge over a calm river at night, a train under a bridge, and a worker repairing the underside of a bridge
                Slide 2: SHRP2 & Its Focus Areas
                
                    - Safety: Fostering safer driving through analysis of driver, roadway and vehicle factors in crashes, near crashes, and ordinary driving.
 
                    - Renewal: Rapid maintenance and repair of the deteriorating infrastructure using already-available resources, innovations, and technologies.
 
                    - Capacity: Planning and designing a highway system that offers minimum disruption and meets the environmental, and economic needs of the community.
 
                    - Reliability: Reducing congestion and creating more predictable travel times through better operations.
 
                
                Images: Icons that correlate to the items listed above: a vehicle occupant wearing a seat belt and shoulder harness (Safety), a circular arrow that reconnects with itself (Renewal), a six-lane roadway (Capacity), and a clock (Reliability)
                Slide 3: R10 - Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects
                
                    - Five-dimensional project management approach to identify any issues that should be planned for and managed proactively in the following project elements:
                        
                            - Cost
 
                            - Schedule
 
                            - Technical
 
                            - Financial
 
                            - Context
 
                        
                                     
                                    - The planning methods are:
                        
                            - Define critical project success factors
 
                            - Assemble project team
 
                            - Select project arrangements
 
                            - Prepare early cost model and finance plan
 
                            - Develop project action plans
 
                        
                     
                
                Slide 4: R10 Project Management Tools
                
                    - Tool 1: Incentivize Critical Project Outcomes
 
                    - Tool 2: Develop Dispute Resolution Plans
 
                    - Tool 3: Perform Comprehensive Risk Analysis
 
                    - Tool 4: Identify Critical Permit Issues
 
                    - Tool 5: Evaluate Applications of Off-Site Fabrication
 
                    - Tool 6: Determine Involvement in ROW and Utilities
 
                    - Tool 7: Determine Work Packages and Sequencing
 
                
                Slide 5: R10 Project Management Tools (cont.)
                
                    - Tool 8: Design to Budget
 
                    - Tool 9: Colocate Team
 
                    - Tool 10: Establish Flexible Design Criteria
 
                    - Tool 11: Evaluate Flexible Financing
 
                    - Tool 12: Develop Finance Expenditure Model
 
                    - Tool 13: Establish Public Involvement Plans
 
                
                Slide 6: C19 - Expediting Project Delivery
                
                    - Expediting Project Delivery identifies 24 strategies for addressing or avoiding 16 common constraints in order to speed delivery of transportation projects.
 
                    - Strategies Grouped Under Six Objectives:
                        
                            - Improve internal communication and coordination;
 
                            - Streamline decision-making;
 
                            - Improve resource agency involvement and collaboration;
 
                            - Improve public involvement and support;
 
                            - Demonstrate real commitment to the project; and
 
                            - Coordinate work across phases of project delivery.
 
                        
                     
                
                Slide 7: Expediting Project Delivery
                
                    
                        | Strategy | 
                        Stage of Project Planning or Delivery | 
                    
                    
                        | Early Planning | 
                        Corridor Planning | 
                        
                            NEPA | 
                        Design/ROW/Permitting | 
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                        | 4. Coordinated and responsive agency involvement | 
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                        | 5. Dispute-resolution process | 
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                        | 6. DOT-funded resource agency liaisons | 
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                        | 7. Early commitment of construction funding | 
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                        | 8. Expedited internal review and decision-making | 
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                        | 9. Facilitation to align expectations up front | 
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                        | 10. Highly responsive public engagement | 
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                        | 11. Incentive payments to expedite relocations | 
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                        | 12. Media relations manager | 
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                        | 13. Performance standards | 
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                        | 14. Planning and environmental linkages | 
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                        | 15. Planning-level environmental screening criteria | 
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                        | 16. Programmatic agreement for Section 106 | 
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                        | 17. Programmatic or batched permitting | 
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                        | 18. Real-time collaborative interagency reviews | 
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                        | 19. Regional environmental analysis framework | 
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                        | 20. Risk management | 
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                        | 21. Strategic oversight and readiness assessment | 
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                        | 22. Team co-location | 
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                        | 23. Tiered NEPA process | 
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                        | 24. Up-front environmental commitments | 
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                Boxes with a checkmark show direct applicability. Empty boxes show conditional applicability.
                Slide 8: SHRP2 on the Web
                
                Image: Screenshot of the SHRP2 website homepage
                Slide 9: AASHTO & FHWA Contacts
                
                Images: the AASHTO logo and the U.S. Department of Transportation logo
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                Integrating SHRP2 Into NMDOT Projects
                Slide 10: Integrating SHRP2 Into NMDOT Projects
                Images: the NMDOT logo and an aerial photo of a highway interchange
                Slide 11: Benefits of SHRP2?
                Benefits
                
                    - Early communication in the process
 
                    - Early identification of complexity based on needs of the specific project
 
                    - Early preparation of the financials, schedule, and resources
 
                    - Looking at context and financing as drivers of the project
 
                    - Earlier identification of critical success factors
 
                    - Creates a realistic balance between the available funding and scope
 
                    - Reduces uncertainties
 
                    - Develop project action plans and/or more defined scope report for success
 
                
                Slide 12: How have other States incorporated SHRP2?
                Round 1 Lead Adopter
                
                    - Federal Lands
 
                    - Georgia
 
                    - Massachusetts
 
                    - Michigan
 
                    - New Mexico
 
                
                Round 4 User
                
                    - Alaska, Arizona, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, Rhode Island
 
                
                Image: map of the U.S. with the states listed above marked with a yellow star inside a green star
                Slide 13: Project Definition
                
                    - Identify key project issues
 
                    - Dimension rank and rating
 
                    - Develop complexity map
 
                    - Follow-up questions
 
                    - Identify critical success factors
 
                    - Identify key team members
 
                    - Develop preliminary action plan
 
                
                Slide 14: Project Definition - Identify Key Team Members
                Project Team Member Analysis1
                
                    
                        | Team Member | 
                        Required? 
                            (yes or no) | 
                        In-House (I) or 
                            Consultant (c) | 
                    
                    
                        | Public involvement officer | 
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                        | Cost model expert | 
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                        | Contract administration engineer | 
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                        | Project Development Engineer | 
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                        | Assistant District Engineer | 
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                        | Design Project Manager | 
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                        | Traffic engineer | 
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                        | Geotechnical engineer | 
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                        | Geologist | 
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                        | Pavement engineer | 
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                        | Utility coordinator | 
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                        | Right-of-Way specialist | 
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                        | Environmental specialist | 
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                        | ADA coordinator | 
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                        | Construction manager | 
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                        | FHWA representatives | 
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                        | Local jurisdiction representatives | 
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                        | Consultant staff (specify) | 
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                        | Other (specify) | 
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                1 NMDOT developed this worksheet, which covers method 2, assemble the project team.
                Slide 15: Project Definition - Identify Key Project Issues
                
                    - Cost - Factors that affect cost
 
                    - Schedule - Time requirements and constraints to achieve project delivery
 
                    - Technical - All technical aspects of a project, including engineering requirements
 
                    - Context - External factors that can impact a project
 
                    - Financing - How will the project be paid for, including constraints and timing of funding (cash flow)
 
                
                Slide 16: Project Definition - Identify Key Project Issues
                Exhibit PM-1 | Project Issue Identification
                
                    - Cost Factors
                        
                            - Contingency Usage
 
                            - Risk Analysis
 
                            - Estimate Formation
 
                            - Owner resource cost allocation
 
                            - Cost control
 
                            - Optimization’s impact on project cost
 
                            - Incentive usage
 
                            - Material cost issues
 
                            - User costs/benefits
 
                            - Payment restrictions
 
                            - Other (specify)
 
                        
                     
                    - Schedule Factors
                        
                            - Timeline requirements
 
                            - Risk analysis
 
                            - Milestones
 
                            - Schedule control
 
                            - Optimization’s impact on project cost
 
                            - Resource availability
 
                            - Scheduling system/software
 
                            - Work breakdown structure
 
                            - Earned value analysis
 
                            - Other (specify)
 
                        
                     
                    - Technical Factors
                        
                            - Project scope
 
                            - Owner’s internal structure
 
                            - Bidder prequalification
 
                            - Warranties
 
                            - Disputes
 
                            - Delivery methods
 
                            - Contract formation
 
                            - Design method
 
                            - Reviews/analysis
 
                            - Existing conditions
 
                            - Construction quality
 
                            - Safety/Health
 
                            - Optimization’s impact on construction quality
 
                            - Typical climate
 
                            - Technology use
 
                            - Other (specify)
 
                        
                     
                    - Context Factors
                        
                            - Public
 
                            - Political
 
                            - Owner
 
                            - Jurisdictions
 
                            - Designer(s)
 
                            - Maintaining capacity
 
                            - Work zone visualization
 
                            - Intermodal
 
                            - Social equity
 
                            - Demographics
 
                            - Public emergency services
 
                            - Land use impact
 
                            - Growth inducement
 
                            - Land acquisitions
 
                            - Local economics
 
                            - Marketing
 
                            - Cultural impacts
 
                            - Local workforce
 
                            - Utility coordination
 
                            - Railroad coordination
 
                            - Resource availability
 
                            - Sustainability goals
 
                            - Environmental limitations
 
                            - Procedural law
 
                            - Local acceptance
 
                            - Global/national incidents
 
                            - Unexpected weather
 
                            - Force majeure events
 
                            - Other (specify)
 
                        
                     
                    - Financing Factors
                        
                            - Legislative process
 
                            - Uniformity restrictions
 
                            - Transition to alternate funding sources
 
                            - Project manager financial training
 
                            - Federal funding
 
                            - State funding
 
                            - Bond funding
 
                            - Borrowing against future funding
 
                            - Advance construction
 
                            - Revenue generation
 
                            - Monetization of existing assets
 
                            - Franchising
 
                            - Public-private partnerships
 
                            - Risk analysis
 
                            - Financial management software
 
                            - Other (specify)
 
                        
                     
                
                Slide 17: Project Definition - Identify Key Project Issues
                Create a statement explaining unique aspects of the project for:
                
                    - Cost
 
                    - Schedule
 
                    - Technical
 
                    - Context
 
                    - Financing
 
                
                Slide 18: Project Definition - Dimension Ranking
                Project Dimension Ranking
                
                    
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                        1 
                            (least complex) | 
                        2 | 
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                        5 
                            (most complex) | 
                    
                    
                        | Cost | 
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                        | Schedule | 
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                        | Technical | 
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                        | Context | 
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                        | Financing | 
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                Slide 19: Project Definition - Dimension Rating
                Image: reproduction of a Dimension Rating Exercise rating form that allows for general ratings (minimal, average, and high) and numerical ratings (1-100) for five dimensions (cost complexity, schedule complexity, technical complexity, context complexity, and financing complexity
                Slide 20: Project Definition - Compare Ranks and Rating
                Complexity Map Exercise - Comparing Ranks and Relative Score
                
                    
                        | Dimension | 
                        Rank | 
                        Rate/Relative Score | 
                    
                    
                        | Cost | 
                        2 | 
                        55 | 
                    
                    
                        | Schedule | 
                        3 | 
                        60 | 
                    
                    
                        | Technical | 
                        4 | 
                        85 | 
                    
                    
                        | Context | 
                        5 | 
                        90 | 
                    
                    
                        | Financing | 
                        1 | 
                        50 | 
                    
                
                Slide 21: Project Definition - Develop Complexity Map
                Image: a complexity map with the following information: Ave Area = 6,000; Max Area = 24,000
                Slide 22: Project Definition - Tools/Solutions
                
                    - Incentivize project outcomes
 
                    - Develop dispute resolution plans
 
                    - Perform risk analysis
 
                    - Identify critical permit issues
 
                    - Special environmental reports
 
                    - Evaluate off-site fabrication
 
                    - Determine involvement of right-of-way and utilities
 
                    - Design to budget
 
                    - Co-locate team
 
                    - Establish flexible design criteria
 
                    - Evaluate flexible financing
 
                    - Develop finance expenditure model
 
                    - Establish public involvement plans
 
                
                Slide 23: Regional Map
                Image: map of New Mexico with three labels: Santa Fe, Silver City, and NM 15 Project Location
                Slide 24: Vicinity Map
                Image: Google map of the Silver City area marked to show the beginning and end of the NM 15 Project
                Slide 25: Funding of the Project
                Funding $8 million
                
                    - Consists of construction,
                        ROW, design/engineering, stipends, and construction management
 
                    - Risk in Cost
                        
                            - Rock Excavation
 
                            - Lighting
 
                            - Urban Design
 
                        
                     
                
                Image: photo of a section of NM 15
                Slide 26: Schedule
                Schedule
                
                    - Environmental Process
 
                    - Right of Way
 
                    - Property Surveys
 
                    - Utility Relocations
 
                
                Image: aerial photo of the an NM 15 intersection marked to show the Modified Geometry Concept Option 1
                Slide 27: Technical
                Technical
                
                    - American with Disabilities Act
 
                    - Driveways
 
                    - Urban Section
 
                    - Limited Right of Way
 
                    - Maintenance of Traffic Control
 
                    - Public Involvement
 
                
                Image: a small photo of an existing section of NM 15 North of Pine Street and a larger artistic rendering of that same Pine Street section labeled Option 2
                Slide 28: Context
                
                    - Cycling Community
 
                    - Steep Slopes
 
                    - Utility Relocation
 
                    - Lighting Agreements
 
                
                Image: a small photo of an existing section of NM 15 South of Pine Street and a larger artistic rendering of that same Pine Street section labeled Option 2
                Slide 29: Financing
                Financing
                
                    - State and Federal aid - highway funds
 
                    - Town of Silver City lack of necessary financing for lighting and utility relocations.
 
                
                Slide 30: How has NMDOT incorporated SHRP2 to date?
                NM 15 Silver City Project
                
                    - Cost - Determined risk in cost was rock excavation, lighting, urban design.
 
                    - Schedule - Determined that right of way and utility relocation will affect schedule.
 
                    - Financing - Town of Silver City lacks necessary funds for lighting and utility relocations.
 
                    - Context - Cycling community, steep slopes, utility relocation, public involvement
 
                    - Technical -
                        ADA, urban section, limited right of way
 
                
                Note: This project’s estimate is about $8 million.
                Image: the Complexity Map from Slide 21
                Slide 31: How is NMDOT integrating SHRP2?
                
                    - Integrating specific aspects of SHRP2 that will apply to most NMDOT projects
 
                    - Most of the work will occur during project definition
 
                    - Pavement preservation projects will not be required to complete the SHRP2 elements that have been integrated into project development
 
                    - Other NMDOT projects, including rehabilitation, reconstruction, new construction, and all consultant-led projects will require SHRP2 documentation
 
                
                Slide 32: How is NMDOT integrating SHRP2?
                Updating our project development process
                
                    - Project Definition
                        
                            - Determine project complexities
 
                            - Identify project challenges and success factors
 
                            - Identify key team members
 
                            - Develop a preliminary action plan
 
                        
                     
                    - Project Scoping and Conceptual Design
                        
                            - Update complexity map
 
                            - Update the project action plan
 
                            - Optional exercises to help with cost and financing issues
 
                        
                     
                    - Preliminary Design
                        
                            - Update complexity map
 
                            - Update the project action plan
 
                            - Optional exercises to help with cost and financing issues
 
                        
                     
                
                Slide 33: Project Definition - Complexity Map Follow-up Questions
                
                    - How are you going to address your most complex dimension?
 
                    - What resource allocation issues need to be addressed as part of project planning for each dimension?
 
                    - When are you going to address these complexity factors?
 
                
                Slide 34: Project Definition -
                    RFP
                    vs. Internal Design Projects
                
                    - For projects involving RFP development for consultants, this up front work should help form the basis of the consultant RFP.
                        
                            - Consultants have indicated that the preliminary action plan and complexity map would be helpful for them to see in an RFP
 
                            - The goal would be to improve the RFP process for both NMDOT and consultants.
 
                        
                     
                    - For internal design projects, this upfront work will help to develop a solid scope of work. The intent of the work is to minimize scope creep as the project progresses.
 
                    - Documentation becomes part of the project file.
 
                
                Slide 35: Lesson Learned
                Small Project
                
                    - Currently utilizing most of the items in daily design development process.
 
                    - Small complex project - It Works to Get the Communication on the Project Started.
 
                    - Method works great on design build projects.
 
                    - Great Process for Young Project Development Engineers
 
                
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                VTrans Accelerated Bridge Program
                Slide 36: SHRP2 C19 Expediting Project Delivery - VTrans Accelerated Bridge Program
                
                    Expediting Project Delivery Webinar - Improving Project Delivery Outcomes in Documentation and Construction
                    November 15, 2017
                
                Laura J. Stone, PE, VTrans
                Images: a strip of photos: a bridge section being installed, a team looking over plans, an aerial view of a highway interchange, a four-lane highway in a rural area during autumn, the construction of a large concrete bridge
                Images: the FHWA logo, the SHRP2 Solutions logo, and the AASHTO logo
                Slide 37: Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP)
                
                    - ABP Created in 2012
 
                    - Reorganized into two new sections
                        
                            - Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP)
 
                            - Project Initiation and Innovation Team (PIIT)
 
                        
                     
                
                
                    - Structure Program
                        
                            - Accelerated Bridge Program
 
                            - Bridge Preservation
 
                            - Alternative Contracting
 
                            - Conventional Project Design/Delivery
 
                            - Project Initiation & Innovation (PIIT) Team
 
                        
                     
                
                Image: organization chart that is reproduced in the list directly above
                Slide 38: Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP)
                
                    - Programmatic approach to accelerating projects
 
                    - Project Delivery 24 months from Project Defined to Bid Advertisement
 
                    - Programmatic use of ABC
 
                    - Initial goal of 25% of all bridge projects
 
                
                Image: photo of a new bridge being constructed over a wetland
                Slide 39: ABP Implementation
                
                    - Early Project Coordination
                        
                            - Public outreach
 
                            - Contractor Input
 
                            - Internal and External Stakeholders
 
                        
                     
                    - Streamline/expedite the project delivery process
                        
                            - Maximize flexibility in rules and process
 
                            - Evaluate risk but run concurrent activities
 
                        
                     
                    - Develop and use standard details for ABC
 
                    - Design projects to be successful for ABC
 
                
                Slide 40: Project Initiation & Innovation Team (PIIT)
                
                    - Dedicated team of scoping Engineers and Technicians
 
                    - All bridge projects start here
 
                    - Approximately 20-30 projects initiated and scoped per year
 
                    - Heavy emphasis on collaboration
 
                    - Public Engagement in Process
 
                    - ABC option is always first consideration.
 
                
                Image: reproduction of the cover of the February 2, 2017 report: State of Vermont Agency of Transportation Scoping Report for Weston BF 013-2(13) VT Route 100, Bridge 98 Over the West River
                Slide 41: SHRP2 Solutions |Tools for the Road Ahead
                
                    SHRP2 C19
                    Leveraging Strategies to Remove Impediments and Deliver Projects
                
                Image: the SHRP2 Solutions | Tools for the Road Ahead logo
                Slide 42: SHRP2 C19
                
                    - In 2012, SHRP2 published a report entitled, “Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects.”
                        
                            - 16 Constraints
 
                            - 24 Strategies
 
                        
                     
                
                Image: Reproduction of the Transportation Research Board report: Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects
                Slide 43: SHRP2 C19
                
                    - In October 2013, VTrans was selected as a Lead Adopter of SHRP2 C19.
 
                    - Program Assessment of Project Delivery
                        
                            - Leadership
 
                            - Data management
 
                            - Scoping
 
                            - Design
 
                            - Resources
 
                            - Public Outreach
 
                        
                     
                    - Development of Action Plan
 
                    - Implementation of Action Items
 
                    - Final Report of Experience
 
                
                
                    - October 2013: VTrans selected as recipient for funding
 
                    - July 2014: ABP process/program review
 
                    - Sept 2014: Expediting project delivery assessment workshop
 
                    - June 2015: Develop action plan with deliverables and performance measures
 
                    - Fall 2015: Peer-to-Peer Exchanges
 
                    - January 2016: External and internal stakeholder interviews
 
                    - May 2016 - Present: Implement action items
 
                
                
                    Image: photo of four workers looking over plans
                    Image: timeline that is reproduced in the list directly above
                
                Slide 44: 5 Key Strategies for Expediting Project Delivery
                
                    - Strategy 3: Context Sensitive Design/Solutions
 
                    - Strategy 8: Expediting Internal Review and Decision Making
 
                    - Strategy 10: Highly Responsive Public Engagement
 
                    - Strategy 21: Strategic Oversight and Readiness Assessment
 
                    - Strategy 22: Team Co-Location
 
                
                Slide 45: C19 Desired Outcomes
                
                    - Evaluate risks to timely project delivery
 
                    - Identify opportunities to expediting projects with special emphasis on the strategies described in the Expediting Project Delivery report
 
                    - Identify resource demands for the ABP and how this may differ from conventional project delivery
 
                    - Analyze the VTrans organizational structure for opportunities for increased efficiencies
 
                    - Identify potential process improvements
 
                    - Build relationships with internal and external partners
 
                
                Slide 46: C19 Action Plan Drawing Upon Key Strategies
                
                    - July 23-24, 2014: ABP Process/Program Review
 
                    - Sept. 3-4, 2014: Expediting Project Delivery Assessment Workshop
 
                    - June 2015: Develop Action Plan with Deliverables and Performance Measures
 
                    - May 2016: Implement Action Items
 
                
                
                    - Project Initiation Process Improvements
                        
                            - Develop an Operations Questionnaire
 
                            - Add Collaboration Phase
 
                            - Heightened Stakeholder Coordination
 
                        
                     
                    - Documenting the PIIT/ABP Process
                        
                            - Document the PIIT and ABP Process
 
                            - Develop Performance Measures for the PIIT and ABP
 
                            - Document Resource Demands
 
                        
                     
                    - Public Outreach
                        
                            - Public Involvement Plan
 
                            - Website Development
 
                            - Early Coordination with Stakeholders
 
                            - Outreach Products
 
                            - Tools to Engage the Public
 
                        
                     
                    - Scanning Tour
                        
                    
 
                    - Generate Final Report of Findings
                        
                    
 
                
                Image: two flowcharts that are reproduced above
                Slide 47: Strategy 3:  Context Sensitive Design Solutions
                Objective: Improve public involvement and support
                
                    - Enhanced project scoping in the PIIT
 
                    - Community and Operations Questionnaires
 
                    - Addition of “Collaboration Phase” during project definition
 
                    - Proper Selection of selected alternatives (avoidance, minimization, and mitigation)
 
                
                Slide 48: Strategy 8:  Expediting Internal Review and Decision Making
                Objective: Streamline decision making
                
                    - Batching of scoping projects for resource ID
 
                    - Heightened Communication and Collaboration
                        
                            - Collaboration Phase During Project Definition
 
                            - Team Meetings
 
                            - Constructability Review Meetings
 
                            - Pre-closure Contractor Meeting
 
                        
                     
                    - Concurrent Activities and Decision Tree
 
                
                Slide 49: Strategy 10:  Highly Responsive Public Engagement
                Objective: Improve public involvement and support
                
                    - Providing Financial Incentives on TH Projects (ACT 153)
 
                    - Public Meetings throughout the life of the project
 
                    - Effective Public Engagement
                        
                            - Audience Response Systems
 
                        
                     
                    - Public Involvement Plans
 
                    - Project Outreach Coordinators
 
                    - Customer Satisfaction Surveys
 
                
                Image: photo of four workers consulting plans
                Slide 50: Strategy 21:  Strategic Oversight and Readiness Assessment
                Objective: Improve internal communication and coordination
                
                    - Creating a Culture that Values Innovation
 
                    - Strong and Effective Project Management
 
                    - Developing Key Planning Documents
                        
                            - Traffic Management Plans
 
                            - Public Involvement Plans
 
                            - Risk Registry
 
                            - Credible Schedules and Spending Profiles
 
                        
                     
                    - Standardized Design Details
 
                
                Slide 51: Strategy 22: Team Co-Location
                Objective: Improve internal communication and coordination
                
                    - Resource Groups Housed Together
 
                    - Dedicated Utility Relocation Specialists
 
                    - Project Development Team Meetings
 
                    - Constructability Review Meetings
 
                
                Image: photo of workers laying concrete footing for a new bridge
                Slide 52: C19 Peer Exchanges
                
                    - Peer Exchanges with
                        MassDOT,
                        NYSDOT
                        and MaineDOT
                            
                                - Project teams from VTrans in Attendance
 
                                - Program Overviews
 
                                - Accelerated Program Emphasis Areas
 
                                - Shared New Initiatives, Innovations, and Lessons Learned
 
                            
                     
                    - Numerous Takeaways from the Program/Process Review, Peer to Peer Exchanges, and Stakeholder Interviews
 
                
                Slide 53: Peer to Peer Exchanges
                
                    NYS DOT
                    September 22 and 23, 2015
                
                Image: photo of fourteen workers wearing hardhats and safety vests and posed for this photo on a new section of road
                Slide 54: Our C19 Journey Has Just Begun
                
                    - Explore Enhancements in the PIIT process
                        
                            - Leverage expertise in VTrans to help refine recommended alternatives
 
                            - Develop truncated scoping report for Preventative Maintenance and Emergency Projects
 
                            - Explore effective methods to engage upper level management on high risk and high cost projects
 
                            - Develop prescreening
                                GIS
                                tool for resource ID
 
                        
                     
                
                Slide 55: ABC Performance
                
                    - 54 ABC projects
                        Delivered from 2012 to date, which is… 
                    - 50% of all Projects
                        Representing… 
                    - $84 Million
                        Construction costs… 
                    - 100% New Bridges Opened on Time
 
                
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                Slide 56: ABP - Engineering Costs
                40% savings in Engineering costs
                
                    - ABC Standardized approach
 
                    - Shorter duration design process = Preliminary Engineering (PE) Savings
 
                    - ABC = Shorter Construction Durations and Construction Engineering (CE) Savings
 
                
                Bridge Project Averages
                
                    - PE
                        
                            - Accelerated: $236,182
 
                            - Conventional: $451,725
 
                        
                     
                    - CE
                        
                            - Accelerated: $250,634
 
                            - Conventional: $398,305
 
                        
                     
                
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                Slide 57: ABP - Resource Demands
                70-75% savings in resource demands
                
                    - ABC = Less impact to existing Utilities
 
                    - ABC = Less ROW impacts
 
                    - ABC = Less Environmental impacts
 
                    - Team Co-organization and Co-location efficiencies
 
                
                Bridge Project Averages
                
                    - ROW
                        
                            - Accelerated: $17,838
 
                            - Conventional: $59,115
 
                        
                     
                    - Environmental
                        
                            - Accelerated: $3,424
 
                            - Conventional: $13,174
 
                        
                     
                    - Utilities
                        
                            - Accelerated: $3,549
 
                            - Conventional: $15,579
 
                        
                     
                
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                Slide 58: ABC Construction Savings
                
                    18% Savings
                    ABC vs Conventional Projects based on 37 new projects
                
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                Slide 59: Customer Survey Results
                
                    - How satisfied were you with ABC?
                        397 Responses from nine 2015 projects
                        
                            - Very Satisfied: 85%
 
                            - Somewhat Satisfied: 9%
 
                            - Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied: 5%
 
                            - Somewhat Dissatisfied: 1%
 
                            - Very Dissatisfied: 0%
 
                        
                     
                    - How satisfied are you with the information you received about the bridge project?
                        
                            - Very Satisfied: 76%
 
                            - Somewhat Satisfied: 15%
 
                            - Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied: 6%
 
                            - Somewhat Dissatisfied: 2%
 
                            - Very Dissatisfied: 1%
 
                        
                     
                    - Overall, how satisfied were you with how VTrans delivered this project?
                        
                            - Very Satisfied: 79%
 
                            - Somewhat Satisfied: 14%
 
                            - Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied: 5%
 
                            - Somewhat Dissatisfied: 2%
 
                            - Very Dissatisfied: 0%
 
                        
                     
                
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                Slide 60: Want to Know More…
                
                    - Final Report Completed in September 2017
                        
                    
 
                    - VTrans Public Involvement Guide
                        
                    
 
                    - Project Case Study Sheet
 
                    - Contact Us
 
                
                
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                    Image: reproduction of the SHRP2 case study: Applying Expediting Project Delivery in Vermont
                
                Slide 61: Thank You
                Image: photo of the construction of a bridge in a forest
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                Conclusion
                Slide 62: Questions?
                Please remember to type in your questions to the question prompt.
                Thank you for participating!
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                Slide 63: Presenter Contacts
                
                    - Kate Kurgan, AASHTO, kkurgan@aashto.org, 202-624-3635
 
                    - Carlos Figueroa, FHWA, Carlos.Figueroa@dot.gov, 202-366-5266
 
                    - David Williams, FHWA, david.Williams@dot.gov, 202-366-4074
 
                    - Michael Smelker, New Mexico DOT, MichaelJ.Smelker@state.nm.us, 575-525-7349
 
                    - Laura Stone, VTrans, Laura.Stone@vermont.gov, 802-828-3042
 
                
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