01515678

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2440-11

Because of the financial crisis of 2007 to 2008 and the subsequent economic downturn, funding for transportation agencies has been consistently reduced. This lack of funds prevents the building assets of transportation agencies from being efficiently maintained, so failures may occur that discontinue employees’ operations and activities and affect transportation system users. Thus, to maximize the use of available funding, it is compelling to create innovative tools and techniques capable of estimating how potential failures can affect employees’ activities and, eventually, transportation system users. Facility managers and decision makers could use such estimates to make decisions on maintenance of building assets that would minimize the risks of disruptions to employees and transportation system users. Among the capital assets of the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT), transportation equipment fund (TEF) shops are crucial in ensuring timely and effective care and maintenance of the majority of state vehicles and equipment. Therefore, any disruption of the operations of TEF shop facilities could significantly affect not only the Washington State DOT’s vehicles and equipment maintenance but also the department’s ability to fulfill its core mission. Given the importance of TEF shops, this exploratory case study investigates the failures that have occurred or are likely to occur in these facilities and employs discrete-event simulation to quantify the consequences of such failures on the shop activities and road users.

01553132

14-2378

English

pp 85–93

2014

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309295291

Print

Figures (4) ; References (21) ; Tables (3)

Asset management; Discrete systems; Failure; Government funding; Maintenance of specific facilities; Maintenance practices; Simulation; State departments of transportation

Washington State Department of Transportation

Washington (State)

Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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