Effective Post-Construction Evaluation Practices for Work Zone Management Strategies

State departments of transportation (DOTs) invest a significant amount of effort to develop and implement transportation management plans (TMPs) in order to effectively manage the traffic flow of work zones and secure the safety of workers and the traveling public during construction of highway projects. State DOTs typically spend an average 3% to 5% of the total construction cost for TMP development and implementation, but some urban projects, in highly congested areas, may require up to 30% of the total construction cost for this effort. For continuous improvement of TMP development and implementation, it is critically important to monitor the performance of work zone management strategies during construction and evaluate them at the conclusion of construction. However, most state DOTs lack structured policies and/or work processes to ensure the implementation of these important monitoring and evaluation components as part of the TMP. A working feedback loop must be established in the project delivery process to document lessons learned, successes and failures, potential changes to the TMP, and transfer them back to the early TMP development stage. This research extensively reviews existing literature and evaluates the current practices of monitoring and evaluating work zone management strategies. This study identifies and presents effective practices for continuous improvement of TMP development and implementation through creating a working feedback loop.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118797207
• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118797207
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981
• Authors:
  • Volk, Michael J
  • Jeong, Ryan S
  • Shane, Jennifer S
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 106-113
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Volume: 2672
  • Issue Number: 26
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0361-1981
  • EISSN: 2169-4052
  • Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Construction projects; Evaluation and assessment; Literature reviews; Project management; Road construction; State departments of transportation; State of the practice; Traffic flow; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control; Work zones
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management plans
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01664289
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-04804
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 27 2018 11:15AM