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Why Should Every Day Count

For You?


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Todays Agenda

What is Every Day Counts (EDC)?

First Round

State Transportation Innovation Council Exchanges

Round II


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What is Every Day Counts?

EDC was launched in 2010

It is FHWAs effort to provide National

leadership in the quest to meet the

transportation demands of the 21st Century. The Purpose is to identify and deploy

innovation aimed at shortening project

delivery, enhancing the safety of our roadways,and improving environmental sustainability


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It has a finite number of initiatives

Performance measure developed

Implementation teams formed with federal,state, local and industry partners

What is Every Day Counts?


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Why Every Day Counts?

Doing more with less with new technology

and research

Moving research into practice

Common platform for consistency across the

country

Dont duplicate research


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These innovations offer benefits such as enhanced

safety during construction and throughout the life of

the project; better quality, so that highways and

bridges last longer and require less maintenance; andless impact on the driving public during construction

Every state transportation agency has applied one or

more of the technologies, and many are now widely

used

Benefits of Every Day

Counts?


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Summit / Kickoff

Albuquerque, NM on October 25-26, 2010

LA Representatives attended from

Construction Planning

Environmental Real Estate

Project Development Bridge Design

Traffic Operations Materials/Pavement

Utilities LegalChief Engineer FHWA


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3 Areas of Focus

Accelerating Technology and Innovation

Deployment

Shortening Project Delivery Toolkit

Accelerated Project Delivery Methods


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Accelerating Technology and

Innovation Deployment

Warm mix asphalt

Prefabricated bridge elements and systems

Adaptive signal control technology

Shoulder wedge

Geosynthetic reinforced soil


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Warm Mix Asphalt

Allows producers of hot mix asphalt to lower

their mixing temperature

Reduces costs because 30-35% less fuel is

required


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Warm Mix Asphalt

Research - Final construction project (US 61near New Orleans) completed fall 2012

LTRC is in the final stages of evaluating the

research data They feel all indications will show the WMA

should perform as well, if not better than

conventional HMA

They anticipate only a few minor changes may be

proposed to the current specifications


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Shoulder Wedge

Safety Edge tapers the edge of the roadwaypavement 30-35 degrees to allow drivers who

drift off highways to return to the pavement

safely and helps eliminate the problem ofvertical drop-offs

This is the optimal angle for recovery

Helps even the lighter cars which are morevulnerable

Even at higher speeds it allows a safe recovery


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Shoulder Wedge

Memorandum from DOTD Chief Engineer and

Chief of Operations to DOTD designers to

incorporate Shoulder Wedge in constructionplans on all projects where applicable sent

February 21, 2011

DOTD is monitoring the crash history


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Shoulder Wedge

The Safety Edge for has been applied to

pavements in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and

the District of Columbia and in each Federal

Lands Highway office.


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Shortening Project Delivery

Toolkit Planning and environmental linkages

Legal sufficiency enhancements

Expanding the use of programmatic agreements

Use of in-lieu fee and mitigation banking

Clarifying the scope of preliminary design

Flexibilities in right-of-way

Flexibilities in utility accommodation and relocation

Enhanced technical assistance on delayed EISs


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Planning and Environmental

Linkages (PEL)

Decision making early in the planning stage

that considers environmental, community and

economic goals and carries them through the

project development, design and construction

The Stage 0, environmental and MPO

checklists were updated with the PEL

language and are being used on all projects


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Expanding Programmatic

Agreements

In May 2012 the Corps hired staff to fill the

funded position


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Clarifying the Scope of

Preliminary Design

Identifies the amount of design work

allowable under current law prior to NEPA

completion


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Preliminary Design

DOTD Environmental Section

determines that a preliminary CE

is required and notifies PM

Preliminary design begins

60% Preliminary Plans submitted

to the Environmental Section

with a request to initiate the

environmental process

Environmental Section notifies

PM when CE is complete

Final Design commences

Categorical Exclusion


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Preliminary Design

EA/EIS process begins

Concurrent:

Some preliminary designactivities for widening/

limited alternatives

coordinate with FHWA

Line & Grade foralternatives considered

Environmental

document complete

FHWA approves FONSI /ROD

Preliminary & final

design complete

Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Statement


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Accelerated Project Delivery

Methods Construction Manager/General Contractor

Design Build


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Design Build

Process where design and construction phases

are combined into one contract and allow

aspects of design and construction to run

concurrently


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Design Build

Time savings

Early contractor involvement

Elimination of a separate construction contractor

bid phase

Fewer change and extra work orders

Project innovations for project needs and

contractor capabilities


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Design Build

DOTD is pursuing future design build projects

The Design Build Manual has been completed

and was place on the DOTD website

November 21, 2012


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State Transportation

Innovation Council (STIC)

Brings stakeholders together to work together

to lead innovation in their state transportation

program


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Mission: Facilitate the rapid implementation

of technology, tactics and techniques among

transportation program delivery professionalsat all levels of state government and

throughout the private and non-profit sector

to ensure smart, efficient investment in theirStates highway infrastructure


Innovation Council


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Innovation CouncilMembership

DOTD

FHWA

LTAP

Local Public Agencies

MPOs

Contractors

Consultants

LTRC

Secretary LeBas, Ann Wills

Wes Bolinger, Mary Stringfellow

Mary Walsh

Tom Stephens, Dennis Woodward

Jeff Roesel

Ken Naquin, Don Weathers

Mike McGaugh

Sam Cooper, Mark Morvant


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Exchanges

EDC-Exchanges are regularly scheduled series

of webinars on EDC topics

Attendees are in seminar rooms across the

country and interact with webinar presenters

by text chat, polls, surveys, or voice calling in

questions to the subject matter experts who

will then respond during the program


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Exchanges in 2011- 2012

Exchange #1 Construction Manager / GeneralContractor (CMGC) delivery method December 15,2011

Exchange #2 Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS)

Integrated Bridge System (IBS) February 16, 2012 Exchange #3 Flexibility in ROW April 19, 2012

Exchange #4 In-Lieu Fees / Mitigation Banking June21, 2012

Exchange #5 Adaptive Signal Control Technology(ASCT) August 16, 2012


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EDC Round II

FHWA is focused on a new set of technologies andworking with their state and local partners to deliver

better, faster and safer roads and bridges that have

higher quality and last longer

FHWA is promoting 13 innovations to state, local and

regional transportation agencies and to the design

and construction industries

Summit/Kickoff was held November 7-8, 2012 inDallas, TX


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EDC Round II Topics

Programmatic Agreements II

Locally Administered Federal-Aid Projects

Three-Dimensional Modeling

Intelligent Compaction

Accelerated Bridge Construction

Design Build Construction Manager/General Contractor


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EDC Round II Topics

Alternative Technical Concepts

High Friction Surfaces

Intersection and Interchange Geometrics

Geospatial Data Collaboration

Implementing Quality Environmental

Documentation

SHRP 2 National Traffic Incident Management

Responder Training


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Summary & Questions

Contact Person

Ann Wills

Director of Local Public AssistancePrograms

225-379-2515

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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