ACTT A "How To" Guide for State Highway Agencies

ACTT Now: Planning your ACTT Workshop

Selecting the Corridor

Typically, factors considered in the selection of ACTT projects include:

Setting Corridor Goals and Scope

Step 1: Identify the overall corridor goals and objectives, such as:

• Year to begin and/or end construction
• Reduced construction time (3 years as opposed to 6 years)
• Decreased number of consultant contracts
• Decreased number of construction contracts
• Traffic flow (example: 45 mph vs. 3 lane minimum performance vs. method)
• Reduced impact on major events
• Improved safety and environmental enhancement

These goals will be revisited later. They are very broad at this stage: challenges to the teams. They are local goals meeting local needs.

Step 2: Determine specific customers, including the public, property owners, business owners, police, fire, other emergency services and the range of stakeholders - and their expectations.

Step 3: Describe how this corridor (project) would be built under "normal" circumstances; this assessment will serve as a control or baseline from which to measure results.

Step 4: Capture potential impacts under normal circumstances on the traveling public, businesses, the environment, development work, emergency services and other stakeholders.

Evaluating the Workshop Budget

Budgetary items may include:

Initial visits to the host State by ACMT members (1 or 2 team members; FHWA funding) to:

• Identify appropriate skill sets (see Appendix C)
• Discuss national participation
• Develop workshop logistics and report roles/responsibilities
• Establish workshop funding

Workshop Implementation (host State funding): The workshop may be conducted at a State DOT training center or a hotel.

Facility requirements include:

• A room large enough for the entire group for the entire workshop. Total group size depends on the number of skill sets invited. Typically, 2 or 3 national participants team up with 2 or 3 local participants for each skill set. National participation may be more reinforced in certain skill sets, depending on agency needs
• Smaller breakout rooms (1 per skill set) for the second day
• AV equipment
• Workshop supplies (flip charts, markers, tape, etc.)
• One laptop and projector for the main room, one portable printer for the main room, and one laptop per skill set
• Catering of food and beverages for one evening reception, two continental breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner, and three breaks (may be hosted by local industry or others)
• Registration booth and registration package including name tags, workshop agenda, project information, list of attendees, etc.