SELECTION OF WORK ZONE CHANNELING DEVICES USING THE VALUE ENGINEERING APPROACH

This report investigates the use of Value Engineering for selecting work zone channelizing devices. Presented first is a State-of-the-Art review of available channelizing devices and their relative performance. Next, an overview of the Value Engineering problem-solving approach is presented. The paper then demonstrates how the Value Engineering approach can be applied to select work zone channelizing devices. For illustration, the approach is used to select devices for a lane closure taper at a rural freeway work zone. Based on the results of the investigation, Value Engineering appears to be a useful and practical work zone traffic management tool. It provides an objective means of evaluating any number of alternative channelizing devices using whatever performance and cost data are available. Most important, it encourages the selection of low cost devices which are safe and effective under the prevailing work zone conditions. The investigation further suggests that the Value Engineering approach is most appropriate for use at the Division level. It is an effective analytical tool which can be used in developing standards and for resource planning and allocation. (Author)

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/292-3.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Richards, S H
  • Dudek, C L
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Lane closure; Tapered traffic lanes; Traffic control devices; Value engineering; Work zone traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Channelization; Selecting
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Lane closing; Taper
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393875
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TX-85-06+292-3 Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: Study 2-18-81-292
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM