FHWA Research And Technology Evaluation: Public-Private Partnership Capacity Building Program
Appendix B. Online Survey—FHWA Division Office Staff
This appendix presents tabulated results from the online survey conducted with FHWA Division Office staff. Table 16 through table 25 show FHWA responses to survey questions.
Table 16. Question 1: Which of the following best describes your specialty at the FHWA Division Office?
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Deliver/Major Projects |
Finance/
Financial Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services |
Other (Please Specify) |
Total users |
259 |
102 |
55 |
58 |
25 |
19 |
Percent of users |
100 |
39 |
21 |
22 |
10 |
7 |
Table 17. Question 2: Has your State considered, explored, or carried out a transportation-related, P3?
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Delivery/Major Projects |
Finance/Financial Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services/Other |
Base: total users |
259 |
102 |
55 |
58 |
44 |
Users who said “yes” |
57% |
61% |
55% |
62% |
45% |
Users who said “no/don’t know” |
43% |
39% |
45% |
38% |
55% |
Table 18. Question 3: In your current role at the FHWA Division Office, have you supported State or local teams as they considered, explored, or carried out a transportation-related P3 project?
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Delivery/Major Projects |
Finance/Financial Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services/Other |
Base: total users |
259 |
102 |
55 |
58 |
44 |
Users who said “yes” |
34% |
36% |
35% |
40% |
18% |
Users who said “no/don’t know” |
66% |
64% |
65% |
60% |
82% |
Table 19. Question 4: How have you supported P3s in your current role?
Type of Support Provided |
Total Supporting a P3 Project
(% Providing Support Type) |
Project Deliver/Major Projects
(% Providing Support Type) |
Finance/Financial Management
(% Providing Support Type) |
Planning/ Environment
(% Providing Support Type) |
Technical Services/Other
(% Providing Support Type) |
Reduced base: supported P3s |
87 |
37 |
19 |
23 |
8 |
Answer general questions about P3s |
53 |
68 |
58 |
30 |
38 |
Help develop and/or review financial plan |
53 |
46 |
84 |
26 |
0 |
Help ensure Federal requirements are contained in contract documents and met throughout development of the project |
45 |
62 |
21 |
35 |
50 |
Help team in completing National Environmental Policy Act closure(52) |
44 |
49 |
5 |
78 |
13 |
Bring in technical experts (e.g., finance, major projects) to support P3 team |
38 |
49 |
32 |
35 |
13 |
Help develop and/or review project management plan |
36 |
54 |
32 |
13 |
25 |
Help develop and/or review cost-estimate review |
34 |
49 |
42 |
9 |
25 |
Research and provide material on complex P3 questions |
31 |
43 |
32 |
22 |
0 |
Help develop and/or review P3 project RFP |
34 |
54 |
11 |
4 |
25 |
Provide construction oversight of projects |
28 |
57 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
Help develop and/or review project inputs |
23 |
30 |
26 |
9 |
25 |
Oversee general contract administration of P3s |
23 |
43 |
11 |
4 |
13 |
Help develop and/or review P3 design specifications |
22 |
43 |
5 |
0 |
25 |
Help develop and/or review P3 risk estimates |
22 |
38 |
5 |
9 |
25 |
Help team determine if project is compatible with a P3 (P3 screening) |
21 |
30 |
11 |
17 |
13 |
Help team review P3 proposals prior to award |
17 |
32 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
Provide monitoring or surveillance on P3 projects during implementation |
16 |
32 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
Help teams conduct or review P3 evaluation analyses |
13 |
14 |
26 |
4 |
0 |
Provide team with document templates for P3 project |
7 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
Table 20. Question 5: Have you attended IPD P3-VALUE webinar sessions to learn about P3s?
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Delivery/Major Projects |
Finance/
Financial Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services/Other |
Base: total users |
259 |
102 |
55 |
58 |
44 |
Users who said “yes” |
23% |
22% |
42% |
16% |
14% |
Users who said “no/don’t know” |
77% |
78% |
58% |
84% |
86% |
Table 21. Question 6: Have you visited the IPD P3 Toolkit website to access information on P3s?
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Delivery/Major Projects |
Finance/
Financial
Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services/Other |
Base: total users |
259 |
102 |
55 |
58 |
44 |
Users who said “yes” |
23% |
24% |
36% |
17% |
14% |
Users who said “no/don’t know” |
77% |
76% |
64% |
83% |
86% |
Table 22. Question 7: Did you access the P3 Program via its website or by webinar? (Summary)
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Delivery/Major Projects |
Finance/
Financial Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services/Other |
Base: total users |
259 |
102 |
55 |
58 |
44 |
Users who said “yes” |
34% |
33% |
53% |
26% |
23% |
Users who said “no/don’t know” |
66% |
67% |
47% |
74% |
77% |
Table 23. Question 8: P3 Program resources accessed.
Type of Resource Accessed |
Total P3 Program Users
(% Accessing) |
Project Deliver/Major Projects
(% Accessing) |
Finance/Financial Management
(% Accessing) |
Planning/ Environment
(% Accessing) |
Technical Services/Other (% Accessing) |
Reduced base: used P3 Program resources |
88 |
34 |
29 |
15 |
10 |
Attended webinar |
68 |
65 |
79 |
60 |
60 |
Fact sheets[1] |
55 |
59 |
59 |
47 |
40 |
Primers[2] |
32 |
38 |
34 |
27 |
10 |
Oversight documents[3] |
25 |
32 |
28 |
7 |
20 |
Guidebooks[4] |
25 |
24 |
28 |
33 |
10 |
Case studies[5] |
24 |
24 |
10 |
47 |
30 |
Agreements[6] |
22 |
26 |
24 |
7 |
20 |
Past P3 training materials[7] |
20 |
21 |
31 |
7 |
10 |
Contract development guides[8] |
15 |
26 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
Past P3-VALUE webinar materials[9] |
11 |
9 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
P3-SCREEN tool[10] |
8 |
9 |
3 |
20 |
0 |
P3-VALUE Analytical Tools[11] |
7 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
Don’t know/not sure |
5 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
Just looked today |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
Table 24. Question 9: What type of information were you seeking on the P3 website?
Type of Information |
Total P3 Program Users
(% Accessing) |
Project Deliver/Major Projects
(% Accessing) |
Finance/Financial Management
(% Accessing) |
Planning/ Environment
(% Accessing) |
Technical Services/Other
(% Accessing) |
Reduced base: used P3 Program |
88 |
34 |
29 |
15 |
10 |
Overview of P3s |
77 |
76 |
76 |
73 |
90 |
Pros and cons of using P3s |
59 |
68 |
59 |
40 |
60 |
Examples—P3 projects/cases |
43 |
44 |
45 |
47 |
30 |
Oversight of the P3 process |
41 |
50 |
41 |
20 |
40 |
Criteria for selecting the P3 approach |
38 |
50 |
31 |
33 |
20 |
Risk assessment for P3s |
36 |
47 |
28 |
33 |
30 |
P3 lessons learned |
32 |
44 |
31 |
13 |
20 |
Financial viability assessment of P3s |
27 |
32 |
38 |
13 |
0 |
Project delivery benefit–cost analysis for P3s |
24 |
26 |
24 |
33 |
0 |
Examples of P3 agreements |
22 |
24 |
28 |
7 |
20 |
VFM analysis for P3s |
18 |
29 |
14 |
13 |
0 |
State of the practice |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Don’t know |
8 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
Table 25. Question 10: How satisfied were you with the information you found on the P3 Toolkit?
P3 Program Users |
Grand Total |
Project Delivery/Major Projects |
Finance/
Financial Management |
Planning/
Environment |
Technical Services/Others |
Reduced base: used P3 Program |
88 |
34 |
29 |
15 |
10 |
Users who were extremely/very satisfied |
55% |
53% |
53% |
71% |
50% |
Users whom were somewhat satisfied |
38% |
34% |
46% |
29% |
50% |
Users who were not very/not at all satisfied |
13% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
6% |
[1]Short documents that present a high-level overview of key topics and resources covered in the P3 Toolkit.
[2]Introductory documents that present P3s as a financing alternative for major capital projects and describe development and evaluation activities.
[3]Documents that present an overview of Federal-aid stewardship and oversight practices for P3s.
[4]In-depth documents that present advanced information on P3s to practitioners as they undertake the P3 evaluation process.
[5]Project profiles from various types of completed or in-progress P3 projects.
[6]P3 project agreements and sample contract documents.
[7]Presentations from previously held P3 training sessions.
[8]Documents to assist practitioners during the P3 procurement process.
[9]Presentations and audio from previously held P3 webinars.
[10]An Microsoft® Excel-based checklist to assist practitioners in assessing the appropriateness of delivering a planned transportation project as a P3.
[11]Microsoft® Excel-based tools used to better understand the concepts, inputs, assumptions, and outputs from evaluation of risk, financial feasibility, benefit–cost, and VFM analyses.
