1. Transportation Asset Management Plan: Effects from a District Perspective
District 7 Deputy Director, Randy Chevalley, P.E., P.S.
District 7 Highway Management Administrator Scott Kasler, P.E.

2. Ohio District Map

3. ODOT’s Mission Take care of what we have;
To provide easy movement of people and goods from place to place, we will: __________________________________
Take care of what we have;
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Make our system work better;
Improve safety;
Enhance capacity.
ODOT’s Mission
Like many states & organizations….we have our mission
Take care of what we have is what the Transportation Asset Management Program (TAMP) tries to achieve

4. Our Guiding Principles
We will serve, innovate, and communicate with purpose.
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We will be productive, lean, efficient and effective.
We will utilize the public resources entrusted to us by satisfying the State's transportation needs.
We will be the standard of excellence for winter maintenance.
We will create a working environment based on trust and mutual respect.
We will value the diversity of all ODOT people.
We will work together — one team: the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Our Guiding Principles
Along with one of our Guiding Principles - We will utilize the public resources entrusted to us by satisfying the State's transportation needs.

5. MAP-21 / FAST Act Develop a risk-based, data driven, TAMP
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Performance Based Decision Process & Asset Management
Increase Accountability & Transparency
Develop a risk-based, data driven, TAMP

6. Ohio’s Approach Asset Management Leadership Team Formed
Maintain & implement plans to support TAM activities
Communicate TAM activities to Executive level
Maintain Data & Collection Standards
Promote Asset Management Benefits
Asset Inventory Matrix
28 Assets & 3 Tiers
Tier 1
Bridges
Pavements
Culverts

7. Implementing the Plan Preservation Strategies Combined Work Plan
Performance data to guide funding
Consistent across state
Reduce annual cost to maintain system
Technology
Computerized management system
dTIMS – Deighton’s Total Infrastructure Management Sys.
Optimizes pavement treatments
Mapping – TIMS, GIS, Google Earth
Asset Inventory & Collection

8. District Multi-Year Work Plan
Planning/Operations: Two Divisions…One Plan
Funding projections / System Conditions
Lower life cycle costs
$300M over “6 years” towards other programs
Foster consistency across ODOT districts.
Blurs funding allocation between capital vs. operating expenditure

9. Scott Kasler, P.E., Highway Management Administrator

10. Year 2 – District Perspective
SUCCESS!
Pavement Team
Forum for decision making & involvement
Bridge Maintenance
Focus-item instead of afterthought
Culverts
Comprehensive inventory
Fewer dropped balls
Zero-based budgets
Maintenance materials
Generated by the Work Plan
Minimal public complaints

11. Year 2 – District Perspective
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Ohio EPA – General Permit for Cleaning Bridges
Contracting Issues
Sole-source bidders
Pricing not normalized
Industry Concerns
Hesitation to invest
Material availability

12. Year 2 – District Perspective
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Communication between Planning & Operations
Capital Program changes
Crack-sealing
Stick to the list?
The Black Box
“Trust but verify”
“Question Authority”
Change Resistance
88 counties vs. 12 districts vs. 1 ODOT

13. Other Resources

14. THANK YOU! Questions? randy.chevalley@dot.ohio.gov: 937.497.6777