Management of Real Property Acquisition Activities at TxDOT

The purpose of research project 0-6892 was (a) to compare project performance tools developed in the recently completed National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 20-84 against processes and schedules at the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and (b) to expand the national research by including a risk-based approach for conducting what-if scenarios and sensitivity analyses. TxDOT terminated the 0-6892 research early because of the possibility of potential overlap between the research deliverables and a new enterprise-level initiative to manage construction projects by tracking a large number of date stamps, including critical date stamps related to the acquisition and delivery of real property interests. This report summarizes activities completed and lessons learned while the 0-6892 research project was active. The report includes a review of similarities and differences between the reference NCHRP 20-84 process and the process for acquisition of real property at TxDOT. It also includes a detailed description of project schedule templates, including templates to manage the acquisition of real property interests, and a summary of interviews with TxDOT officials to gather information about real property acquisition and relocation assistance practices. The report also summarizes a detailed evaluation of Right of Way Information System (ROWIS) date stamp data to characterize the real property interest acquisition process statistically. The report highlights the use of spreadsheet templates by districts to manage the acquisition of real property interests. These templates contain a large number of date fields that broaden the collection of relevant date information compared to what is currently possible with ROWIS, particularly in the case of appraisals and relocation assistance services.

• Record URL:
  https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6892-1.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66167
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62071
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project Title: Integration of Right of Way Project Schedules for Decision-Making Purposes.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Division
  3925 W. Braker Lane, 4thFloor
  Austin, TX  United States  78759

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Quiroga, Cesar
  • Tsapakis, Ioannis
  • Kraus, Edgar
  • Holik, William
• Publication Date: 2017-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 86p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Data collection; Information systems; Project delivery; Property acquisition; Relocation assistance; Right of way (Land); Scheduling; Spreadsheets
• Identifier Terms: National Cooperative Highway Research Program; Texas Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01716804
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-14/0-6892-1, 0-6892-1
• Contract Numbers: 0-6892
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 17 2019 5:05PM