Risk Assessment and Allocation for Highway Construction Management

In 2004, a team of representatives from the Federal Highway Administration, State highway agencies, industry, and academia visited Canada, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, and the United Kingdom. The purpose of this International Technology Scanning Program study was to identify practices that might be evaluated and applied in the United States to improve construction management. One significant scan finding was that the countries visited had an advanced awareness of risk assessment and allocation techniques that are just now evolving in U.S. highway agencies. This instructional report was developed as part of the scan team's implementation plan to raise awareness of risk management techniques and begin the process of incorporating risk management elements into the institutional structures of highway agencies. The report is designed to be used in conjunction with workshops on implementing risk management.

• Record URL:
  http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/riskassess/
• Corporate Authors:

  American Trade Initiatives

  P.O. Box 8228
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22306-8228

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of International Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ashley, David B
  • Diekmann, James E
  • Molenaar, Keith R
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Glossary; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 72p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Guidelines; Risk assessment; Risk management; Road construction; Study tours
• Identifier Terms: International Technology Scanning Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Risk allocation
• Geographic Terms: Canada; Finland; Germany; Netherlands; Scotland; United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01045872
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-06-032
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-99-C-005
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 3 2007 11:23AM