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Project
Number:
01-02
Research
Project:
Evaluation of Near-Transportation Private Sector Asset Management
Practices
P.I.
Name & Address:
Sue McNeil
Urban Transportation Center
University
of Illinois at Chicago
412
South Peoria St, Suite 340
Chicago
Il 60607
312
996 9818
Fax:
312 413 0006
Project
Objective:
The proposed research will develop four to six case studies documenting
asset management in transportation-like organizations. The transportation-like
organizations are defined as those organizations with many characteristics in
common with transportation agencies.
Building on previous and ongoing research, a template for developing the
case studies will be developed, a prototype case study completed and documented,
the template modified and the remaining case studies completed. On-site
interviews, written materials including reports, and web-based resources will be
used to develop a comprehensive picture of the role of asset management in the
specific organization and to infer how in general the specific organization
compares with the industry that it represents. Based on a synthesis of the case
studies, lessons learned will be identified
.
Project
Abstract:
The transportation community can
learn from the transportation asset management best practices of
non-governmental near-transportation industries.
These companies have been applying asset management principles to their
operations for years to increase profitability, better manage activities, and in
order to plan for long-term growth.
Such activities are vital to the development of a governmental
organization asset management policy as well.
Utilities,
trucking companies, airlines, and manufacturing organizations have utilized
asset management techniques and principles for some time. Many of these
organizations face issues and have needs that are very similar to governmental
transportation agencies. Utilities must maintain both the physical integrity and
the service characteristics of complex linear facilities.
Trucking companies must maintain large fleets as well as physical plants.
Manufacturers have characteristics of both of the earlier examples.
Task
Descriptions:
Task
1. Review literature
Task
2. Develop template for case studies
Task
3. Prototype case study
Task
4. Select other case studies
Task
5. Revise the template for the case studies.
Task
6. Complete case studies
Task
7. Synthesis of case studies
Milestones,
Dates: Project
Start Date: 7/1/01, Final report by 3/31/02
Yearly
Budget:
$75,820
Total
Budget:
$75,820
Student
Involvement:
1 Graduate Research Assistant, 9 months @ 50% Effort
Relationship
to Other
Research
Projects:
This
project will
relate to the findings of the national synthesis of transportation asset
management activities(01-01).
Technology
Transfer
Activities:
Project
report will be posted MRUTC website and distributed to organizations.
Preliminary results will be presented at the 4th National
Transportation Asset Management Workshop in September 2001.
Potential
Benefits
of
the Project:
This
project will present opportunities that states may use to implement
transportation asset management.
It is expected that this research will produce both strategies for
implementation and actual case studies.
TRB
Keywords:
Asset Management, Infrastructure, Maintenance Management,
Strategic Planning,
Primary
Subject:
Transportation
Asset Management Activities
Modal
Orientation:
All,
primarily highways