FHWA Update North Carolina Chapter ACEC Bridge Workshop May 14, 2015
Overview MAP21 Transportation Asset Management Inspection and Inventory Innovation
MAP-21 What is a Highway Bill?
Federal Highway Bill Highway Trust fund Revenue sources are gas, special fuel and truck related taxes Total gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon
Federal Highway Bill Authorization/ Appropriation Acts Authorization establishes or continues a Federal agency, activity or program Appropriation provides funding for a particular Federal Fiscal Year
Authorizations/Appropriations Authorization Bill MAP21 is an Authorization Authorizations are multi-year bills Funding level maximums Guiding the use of the funds Provides Continuance of Highway Laws (Title 23) An authorization bill does not provide money
Authorizations/Appropriations Appropriations Appropriations are NEVER more than one year An Appropriations Bill provides the money
Authorizations/Appropriations Appropriations Continuing Resolutions
MAP-21 Transportation Performance Based Management Transparency and accountability
MAP-21 Transportation Performance Based Management o o o Performance Measures Rulemaking Asset Management Rulemaking https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federalhighway-administration
MAP-21 Transportation Performance Based Management o o o o National Goals Measures Targets Plans
MAP-21 National Goal - Maintain the Highway Infrastructure Asset System in a state of good repair
Performance Measures MAP-21 For purposes of carrying out National Highway Performance Program USDOT will establish measures: Condition of Pavements Condition of Bridges
MAP-21 Targets Appropriate Transportation investments Public input
Special Performance Rules MAP-21 National Highway Performance Program - No greater than 10% of total deck area of bridges on the NHS classified as structurally deficient
Transportation Asset Management - Process of maintaining, upgrading and operating assets cost-effectively - Engineering and Economic principals - Planning tool
Goals and Policies Inventory/Inspection Data Trends Resources Alternative Evaluation Performance Measures
Asset Management Inventory/Inspection data Trends Resources
FHWA Oversight and Stewardship $1.0 B in Federal-Aid Each Year Federal-Aid Requirements Program Reviews
Responsibilities Federal highway programs are efficient and effective Consistent with applicable laws, regulations and policies. States are authorized to assume some of the project level responsibilities of FHWA
FHWA s Role Organization Division Office in each State Resource Center (4 locations nationwide) HQ
FHWA Oversight and Stewardship Design and construction reviews NBIS review Other Program implementation/requirements
Inspection and Inventory Element Level Inspections Updates to NBIS NTIS
Element Level Bridge Inspections Implementation on NHS October 2014
Component General Condition Rating 0-9 Deck, Super, Sub Element Level Detailed Condition Description Condition States Quantify Amount
Element Level Bridge Inspections Condition State(CS) CS 1 good CS 2 fair CS 3 poor CS 4 severe load capacity implications
NBIS - Rule making late summer - Inventory - NHI course update
NTIS - Final rule - Inventory guide - TOMIE - FHWA oversight - NHI training
Reliability Based Inspections - 24 month cycle - Impacts of Design and Preservation
Innovation - Every Day Counts (EDC) Initiative Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)
GRS Engineered fill alternating layers of compacted granular fill material and sheets of geosynthetic reinforcement Shallow Foundation
Innovations GRS Pilot Task Force Develop selection and evaluation criteria Review and select project Anson 210
Anson County Bridge No. 210 33
GRS Details 34
ABC Goal minimize construction impacts Hosts of tools Planning tool
ABC Innovations Task Force Planning; Construction; Structures Develop ABC application process
National Bridge Inspection Oversight Program 23 Metrics Various levels of Assessment Levels of Compliance and corrective actions Risk-based data driven process 37
NBIS Oversight Program assessment Frequency assessment Data and Inspection quality 38
NBIS Oversight Minimum Intermediate In-depth 39
NBIS Oversight Compliance Substantial Compliance Conditional Compliance Non-compliance 40
NBIS Oversight Field Reviews 20 bridges Random selection FHWA/ NCDOT review
NBIS Oversight Field Reviews Metric 12 Inspection Procedures Quality Inspections Metric 15 Bridge Files Metric 18 Scour Critical Bridges Metric 22 Inventory prepare and maintain
How will Metrics be reviewed? Expert Panel review: Inspector ratings and documentation metric 12 NBI data metric 22 3 person teams 5 NBI items to review/collect Findings/Corrective Actions 43
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 12 Condition rating review o o Ratings within one value of panels condition code Adequate write up and documentation 44
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 12 Adequate Write up o Size o Type o Location 45
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 15 - Bridge File Verification o Photos o Location o Feature Crossed o Posting 46
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 18 Verify Implementation of POAs o o o Attention Block Monitoring Division Action 47
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 13/14 Load Rating and Posting Verify condition and proper posting Metric 16 Fracture Critical Verify procedures/identification of FCM Metric 17 Underwater Verify procedures/identification of underwater elements 48
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 22 purpose Verify reported NBI data is properly coded and reflects what is present in the field 49
How will Metrics be reviewed? Metric 12 and 22 Goal - Quality of Bridge Inspection Report - Quality of NBI Data 50
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