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Project Number: 03-01
Research Project: Capital Preventative Maintenance (Transportation Pooled Fund 5(036))
P.I. Name & Address:
Robert J. Eger III
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Master of Public Administration Program
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: (414) 229-5010
Fax: 414-229-5021
Email: rjeger@uwm.edu
Project Objective: This project will document budgeting and programming processes and strategies, contractual processes and relationships with the private sector, use and structure of life cycle analysis, relevant outreach and educational activities as they impact capital preventative maintenance.
Project Abstract: The proposed research will build on the initial base work set down in the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) defining and discussing the continuum between capital, preventative and routine maintenance of assets. The focus will include capital maintenance, documenting analytic methods, budgeting strategies, legal and institutional issues, and a brief focus on strategies as formulated in design-build-maintain-warranty systems. Complimenting this will be a summary and detailed review of at least three cold weather states’ strategies including strategies relevant to budgeting, programming, and contractual processes within a set of institutional constraints, the use of life cycle analysis, and any relevant educational and outreach activities offered by these DOTs.
Task Descriptions: Task 1 - Literature Review
Task 2 - Case Study Reviews
Task 3 - Documentation of Costs-Benefits
Task 4 - Review of Potential Benefits from Private Sector Relations
Task 5 - Capital Budgeting Strategies
Task 6 - Synthesis of Legal and Institutional Barriers
Task 7 - Summary of Existing State DOT Practices
Task 8 - Synthesis of Findings and Guidebook Preparation
Milestones, Dates: Start Date: May 2002; End Date: May 2003
Yearly Budget: $111,664.16
Total Budget: $ 111,664.16
Matching Funds & %: $ 11,753.00 – 11%, Match Source: UW-Milwaukee
Student Involvement: 1 Doctoral Student
Relationship to Other Research Projects:
While related research was not explicitly identified in the workplan it is anticipated that the efforts of this research will be informed by existing and previous efforts either directly or indirectly related to this research project. This research will include a comprehensive literature review of the following publications: Textbooks, publications, and conference proceedings on preventative maintenance; TRB publications and case studies; Transportation Journal; Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering; International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management; and Public agency resource materials (AASHTO, SHRP, NCHRP).
Technology Transfer
Activities: Development of a guidebook for both the technical and the political-administrative reader to enhance their awareness of capital preventative maintenance. The guidebook will illustrate how the implementation of key concepts and processes could dramatically impact public sector agencies in their use of capital preventative maintenance.
Potential Benefits
of the Project: The case studies approach of this project will allow for the development of a representational role of preventative maintenance in the specific organization thereby permitting an opportunity to provide useful information to state DOT program development personnel. The comparative differences and similarities will be documented and identified.
TRB Keywords: capital expenditures, capital investments, preventative maintenance, maintenance, budgeting, business practices, contracting, programming