Asset Management Data Collection for Supporting Decision Processes

- Preface
- Introduction
- Background
- Objective
- Methodology
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Literature Review
- Asset Management
- GASB 34
- Asset Management Characteristics
- Asset Management Decision Levels
- Asset Management Decision Processes
- Project Selection and Related Tools
- Data Collection, Management, and Integration
- Information Quality Levels
- Data Collection Methods
- Data Characteristics and Properties
- Data Management
- Data Integration
- Decision Processes and Data Collection
- Asset Management Implementation Efforts
- Domestic Experience
- Canada
- Australia and New Zealand
- Europe
- Summary of the Literature Review
- Asset Management
- Chapter 2. Survey of Practice
- Results
- Asset Management Implementation
- Decision Levels and Processes
- Data Collection Procedures
- Data Collection Rationale
- Summary of Survey Findings
- Results
- Chapter 3. Case Studies
- Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
- Core Asset management Busienss Processes
- Needs-Based Budgets
- Information Needs
- Project Selection
- Data Collection
- Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)
- Overview of the Pavement Management System
- Core Asset Management Business Processes
- Project Selection
- Data Collection
- Data Management
- Overview of the Drainage and Storm Water Facility Management System
- Core Asset Management Business Processes
- Project Selection
- Data Collection
- District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT)
- Data Collection
- Project Selection
- North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)
- Overview of the Agency's Decisionmaking Processes
- Project Selection
- Maintenance Management System Overview
- Maintenance Data Collection
- Lessons Learned
- Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
- Chapter 4. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
- Framework for Effective and Efficient Data Collection
- References
- Appendices
Prepared by:
Gerardo W. Flintsch, Ph.D., P.E.,
Center for Safe and sustainable Transportation Infrastructure,
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
flintsch@vt.edu
J. W. Bryant, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.,
Asset management Division,
Virginia Department of Transportation
jamesw.bryant@vdot.virginia.gov
Prepared May 2006
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