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Roadway Safety Hardware

Asset Management Systems

Case Studies

PUBLICATION NO. FHWA-HRT-05-073

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FOREWORD

Since the early 1990s, the term "asset management" has grown to embrace a broad array of tasks and activities aimed at identifying, assessing, prioritizing, evaluating, maintaining, rehabilitating, renewing, preserving, improving, and managing assets. This report addresses asset management of roadway safety hardware in the United States. Increasingly refined and complex tools such as modern bridge and pavement inventory management systems have been developed and adopted by many State departments of transportation (DOTs), as well as some of the larger departments of county and municipal governments. Many of these management systems have been developed cooperatively by pooling funds and in other ways, such as assistance from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Through maintenance and enhancement efforts, these software systems are growing in their robustness and capability to deal effectively with complex, real-world issues and conditions. One software management area that has not advanced as rapidly is roadway safety hardware inventory, which includes an array of signs, signals, roadway lighting luminaries, support structures for signs, guardrails, pavement markings, and deployed detecting devices—all vital to safe, efficient highway operations.

This study provides information to State DOTs on roadway safety hardware management systems that would help increase their use of state-of-the-practice techniques. This report was developed for State DOT personnel, particularly chief engineers and other top management, involved with the planning, funding, and execution of roadway safety hardware management systems.

Gary L. Henderson
Director,
Office of Infrastructure Research and Development

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1. Report No FHWA–HRT–05–073	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient’s Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle Roadway Safety Hardware Asset Management Systems Case Studies		5. Report Date October 2005
		6. Performing Organization Code N/A
7. Authors(s) Mr. David J. Hensing, Dr. Shahed Rowshan		8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Transportation Division 1710 SAIC Drive McLean, VA 22102		10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) N/A
		11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-01-C-00180
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Office of Safety R&D Federal Highway Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20590		13. Type of Report and Period Covered Final Report, April 2005
		14. Sponsoring Agency Code HRDS
15. Supplementary Notes FHWA COTR, Kerry Perrillo Childress, Office of Safety R&D
16. Abstract This study provides information to State DOTs on roadway safety hardware management systems that could help increase their use of state-of-the-practice techniques. This report was developed for State DOT personnel, particularly chief engineers and other top management, involved with the planning, funding, and execution of roadway safety hardware management systems.
17. Key Words Asset management, roadway safety hardware		18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.
19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified	20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified	21. No. of Pages 92	22. Price