For many years, several State DOTs and local transportation agencies have been concerned with applying asset management techniques to pavements and bridges, with less attention given to roadway ancillary structures such as earth retaining structures, traffic signs and signals, guardrails, lighting, and environmental mitigation features. In the current economic climate, a growing number of agencies are adopting a more strategic decision-making process for roadway ancillary structures.
Sponsored by the Georgia Department of Transportation and the Georgia Tech University Transportation Center, the objective of this project is to develop a framework to assist with evaluating the relative benefits, costs and risks associated with applying asset management techniques to different categories of ancillary assets.
Research Team:
Principal Investigator: Dr. Adjo Amekudzi Kennedy
Co-PI: Dr. Michael Meyer
Graduate Researchers: Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah & Richard Boadi
Publications:
- Akofio-Sowah, M., Boadi, R., Amekudzi, A., and M. Meyer. Managing Ancillary Transportation Assets: State of the Art. ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 20, Issue 1, 2014.
Boadi, R. S., and A. A. Amekudzi. Risk-Based Management of Ancillary Transportation Assets: Applying the Delphi Method to Estimate the Risk of Failure. Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Transportation Research Board Conference, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.