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ASSET MANAGEMENT THE AASHTO STRATEGIC PLAN. GASB 34 COMPLIANCE – PEER EXCHANGE Nashville, TN. – April 25-27, 2001 David S. Ekern P.E., Assistant Commissioner Minnesota Department of Transportation. What Is Transportation Asset Management?.
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ASSET MANAGEMENTTHE AASHTO STRATEGIC PLAN GASB 34 COMPLIANCE – PEER EXCHANGE Nashville, TN. – April 25-27, 2001 David S. Ekern P.E., Assistant Commissioner Minnesota Department of Transportation
What Is Transportation Asset Management? A strategic approach to managing transportation infrastructure
What is Asset Management? • A philosophy • Long-term view • Comprehensive • Proactive • A process • Investment choices, tradeoffs, decisions • Organizational roles and responsibilities • Improved horizontal and vertical communication • A set of technical tools • Management systems • Integrated Data • Specialized methods
AASHTOASSET MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE • Formed in 1999. • Chair – Mary Peters, Secretary ADOT • Membership • 13 Members • 10 Associates • 16 Friends • Related to NCHRP Panel
MISSION AND GOALS MISSION Champion concepts and practices that integrate transportation investment decisions regarding operations, preservation, and improvement of transportation systems for member Agencies.
MISSION AND GOALS – con’t. • GOALS • Develop partnerships with public and private entities… • Develop and Document an understanding of AM and how it is used by member States. • Promote the development of AM tools, analysis methods and research topics. • Communicate with and inform member States of how to utilize AM. • Assist member States in assessing and implementing AM principles.
Goals of Asset Management • Build, preserve, operate facilities cost-effectively with improved performance • Deliver to customers best value for dollar spent • Enhance credibility and accountability
Principles of Asset Management • Comprehensive view of assets (highways, bridges, ITS, etc.) • Long-term (life-cycle) view of asset performance and costs • Decisions driven by policy goals / objectives and system performance • Tradeoffs among programs, modes, actions • Projects and services delivered in most effective way available • Quality information at all stages of process
Key ChallengesInstitutional • Integrating decision-making and resource allocation across all asset classes • Combining financial, management, engineering, and operational perspectives • Defining system performance measures that reflect customer perspective and user costs • Senior management support and leadership • Developing new public and private sector roles
Key ChallengesTechnical • Integrating “stovepipe” legacy systems for different asset classes • Developing comprehensive, GIS-compatible, enterprise-wide databases • Creating next generation management systems that support wide range of “what-if” analyses reflecting different budget and performance assumptions • Improving life-cycle analysis methods • Strengthening transportation system monitoring capabilities