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Training

Workshop on Performance Based Practical Design

Workshop Length: 1 Day (6 Instruction Hours)

Training Level: Intermediate to Accomplished

Class Size: Maximum of 30

Target Audience: Federal, State, or local transportation officials (engineers primarily) interested learning how to apply Performance Based Practical Design.

Workshop Description: FHWA developed this workshop to help agencies evolve toward a Performance-Based Practical Design (PBPD) approach. A successful PBPD program will involve agency staff at all levels working together to understand how project-level decisions contribute toward established system-level priorities and needs.

Transportation agencies face the increasingly complex task of balancing available resources with priorities and needs. This workshop will challenge participants to think beyond cost-based choices by identifying measureable or predicted performance information used to establish a relative performance value of the options, and ultimately better understand the investment value of their choices.

Outcomes: Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the performance impacts of project choices;
  • Prepare analytical methods designed to yield objective data;
  • Quantify and evaluate costs, performance, and associated trade-offs; and
  • Present their PBPD analysis to decision makers.
Updated: 06/27/2017
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