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2. George Washington Lead Change December 25, 1776, Trenton, New Jersey 2

3. Must We Continue to Change? Are we getting the resources we need? Future outlook positive/problematic? Fulfilling expectations/falling short? Communicating with stakeholders? Being defined by detractors? Do we have credibility? –Elected Officials –Media –Customers 3

4. 4 Unemployment

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6. 6 Fatalities Per 100 Million VMT

7. What are we doing about this? 7

8. Reauthorization Senate Side – Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee –Only FHWA portion (no revenue) House – Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee 8

9. 9 Office of Pavement, Construction and Asset Management Construction Management Materials Pavement Design and Analysis Pavement and Asset Management Office of Program Performance Management Policy and GuidanceInstitutional CapacityPM and Analytical Tools Assessment & Reporting

10. Every Day Counts Technologies Warm Mix Asphalt Adaptive Signal Controls Safety Edge Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Prefabricated Bridge Elements http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/ 10

11. Prefabricated Bridge Elements 11 Partial-depth deck panels Full-depth deck panels Beam and decking integrated systems Pier caps, column, and/or footings Abutment wall, wingwall, and/or footing Contact: Tim Cupples (202) 366-1342 timothy.cupples@dot.gov Ben Beerman (404)562-3930 benjamin.beerman@dot.gov

12. Everyday Counts Project Delivery Planning and environmental linkages Legal sufficiency enhancements Expanding use of programmatic agreements Use of in-lieu fee and mitigation banking Clarifying the scope of preliminary design Flexibilities in right-of-way Flexibilities in utility accommodations and relocation Enhanced technical assistance on delayed EISs Design build (DB) and construction manager/ general contractor (CMGC) contracting 12

13. CMGC and DB workshops Workshop been held in –New Hampshire (Design Build) –Utah CMGC Workshops to be held –Tennessee to be reschedule Contact Jerry Blanding – (410) 962-2253 jerry.blanding@dot.gov 13

14. AASHTO–AGC–ARTBA-FHWA Best practices for utilities –Planned synthesis to capture best practices in utilities construction Advance the use of Civil Integrated Management (CIM) Reenergize the value of partnering –Planned delivery of workshops Start January 2012 as requested 14

15. AASHTO–AGC–ARTBA-FHWA Enhance the delivery/deployment of innovation –Websites listing innovation evaluations http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/pn papprovals/index.cfm?CFID=7054069&CFTOKE N=68657382http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/pn papprovals/index.cfm?CFID=7054069&CFTOKE N=68657382 http://apel.transportation.org/ –Construction baseline review –Intelligent construction systems and technologies –Construction equipment webinars 15

16. Training Updates NHI utilities coordination –Contact: Rob Elliot (404) 562-3941 rob.elliot@dot.gov rob.elliot@dot.gov 2-day Writing Highway Construction Specifications –Contact: Bernie Kuta (720) 963-3204 bernie.kuta@dot.gov 16

17. Transportation Construction Management (TCM) Pooled Fund Pooled fund program initiated – October 2010; Lead State: Colorado DOT –Jake Kononov jake.kononov@dot.state.co.uc Commitments from CO, GA, IA, MT, NC, TX Suggested contribution: $25,000/yr 3-years Prioritization of tasks in August 2011 Other states are welcome to join the pooled fund program: http://www.pooledfund.org/projectdetails.asp?i d=1280&status=1 http://www.pooledfund.org/projectdetails.asp?i d=1280&status=1 17

18. Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center Performance based prequalification Index based estimation Guidelines for different delivery methods Planned –Best practices for utilities construction –Best practices for quality assurance of local administered projects Contact: Richard Bradbury, 202-493-3061, richard.bradbury@dot.gov 18

19. Conclusion Innovation Ingrained –Not Just Permitted – But Celebrated –Continuous Improvement Mindset –From Front Office to Front Lines –From Skunkworks to Stakeholders –Creative/Consistency to tug –From Imagination to Image 19