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APPENDIX B - DEFINITIONS

"3-R" Project: A type of highway-oriented project that is designed to preserve and extend the service life of the existing facility and to enhance safety. This typically involves resurfacing, restoration, or rehabilitation of an existing facility.

"4-R" Project: A type of highway-oriented project that is designed to add capacity, modify and/or create new access points, reconstruct existing pavements and structures, or create new facilities on new location.

Control Document: Applicable standards, policies, and standard specifications that are acceptable to FHWA for application in the geometric and structural design of highways.

Delegated Projects: Projects that are exempt and do not require FHWA to review and approve actions pertaining to design, plans, specifications, estimates, right-of-way certification statements, contract awards, inspections, and final acceptance of Federalaid projects on a project-by-project basis, as per Title 23 USC 106, subject to ODOT fulfilling the prior role of FHWA.

FHWA Oversight Projects: Projects that require FHWA to review and approve actions pertaining to design, plans, specifications, estimates, right-of-way certification statements, contract awards, inspections, and final acceptance of Federal-aid projects on a project-by-project basis.

Major Projects: Projects with an estimated total cost greater than $500 million, or projects approaching $500 million with a high level of interest by the public, Congress, or the Administration.

One-Step Design-Build Project: A type of design-build project that is awarded to the low bidder through the letting process. This involves a single step, the submittal of a bid by design-build teams for the project. This is the predominant type of design-build contract used in Ohio, and is the method approved by the FHWA as part of Special Experimental Project 14.

Oversight: This is the act of ensuring that the Federal-aid Highway Program is delivered consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. In this context, oversight is the compliance or verification component of FHWA stewardship activities. Narrowly focused, oversight activities ensure that the implementation of the various elements of the Federal-aid Highway Program is in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. More broadly focused oversight activities enable the FHWA to ensure the effective delivery and operation of the transportation system envisioned in its base Federal statutes.

Performance/Compliance Indicators: These indicators track performance trends, health of the Federal-aid Highway Program, and compliance with Federal requirements.

Program Accountability: As defined by the FHWA Ohio Division Office, this is an overarching combination of program-wide "stewardship" and "oversight" that is achieved through close coordination with the ODOT.

Risk Management: The systematic identification, assessment, planning, and management of threats and opportunities faced by FHWA projects and programs.

Stewardship: This is the efficient and effective management of the public funds that have been entrusted to the FHWA. In this context, stewardship reflects the FHWA's responsibility for the development and implementation of the various elements of the Federal-aid Highway Program, and involves all FHWA program delivery activities (e.g., leadership, technology deployment, technical assistance, problem solving, program administration, and oversight).

Two-Step Design-Build Project: A type of design-build project in which the qualifications of the design-build team are evaluated prior to the acceptance of cost proposals. The selection process consists of two steps: (a) the submittal and review of qualifications and project approach and (b) the subsequent submittal of technical and cost proposals by the design-build teams. The value added by the design-build proposal is then factored into the cost proposal to determine the low bidder. ODOT has been working on defining a two-step design-build process, which will be submitted to FHWA for review upon its completion.

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