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A series of value engineering studies of selected road maintenance activities was initiated by the Federal Highway Administration to demonstrate that value engineering techniques could be successfully applied to maintenance activities and to improve these activities. Because the value engineering process uses the team approach, teams of state engineers were formed to conduct the studies. Each study involved teams of two or three engineers from four states. The work was coordinated by the Federal Highway Administration at four joint meetings held during the course of the project. A summary report has been prepared for each study. Five studies have been completed, and five more are under way. The total cost of the five completed studies was $432,000 with an estimated savings of more than $7 million among only the states involved. Based solely on the cost savings, it has been shown that the value engineering process can be successfully used to perform an in-depth analysis of maintenance activities. Other, less tangible benefits have also been realized. /Author/

This paper appeared in TRB Record 674, Maintenance Decision Making and Energy Use, Roadside and Pavement Management, and Preferential Bridge Icing. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance and Operations Management. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Benefits; Highway maintenance; Maintenance management; Teams; Value engineering

Maintenance costs

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation

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May 11 1979 12:00AM

• AUTOMATIC CONTROLS FOR SALT AND ABRASIVE SPREADERS
• CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GRASSES FROM SEED FOR ROADSIDE EROSION CONTROL (ABRIDGMENT)
• DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIGHWAY SNOW AND ICE CONTROL
• ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION
• FIVE-YEAR EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY MOWING PRACTICES IN INDIANA
• HIGHWAY FENCES AS DETERRENTS TO VEHICLE-DEER COLLISIONS
• MANAGEMENT OF HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR WATERFOWL IN NORTH DAKOTA
• OPTIMIZATION OF PAVEMENT REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE BY USE OF INTEGER PROGRAMMING
• PHOTOLOGGING AND ROADWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM
• SELECTING THE OPTIMUM NUMBER, SIZE, AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE YARDS
• STAFFING ANALYSIS FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION