Project Development and Utility Coordination as a Partnership

State departments of transportation (DOTs) strive to deliver highway projects on time and within budget. Utility relocations are frequently cited as a primary reason for delays and cost overruns. The proposed effort will investigate approaches for enhancing the alignment of utility coordination and project development to gain efficiencies in these processes and minimize utility-related delays and costs for the Iowa DOT. The primary objective of this project is to develop procedures for the incorporation of partnership of utility stakeholders into the project development process at the concept stage. The developed guidance will include suggestions for identifying, managing, and mitigating, utility-related risks using Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), Utility Conflict Management (UCM), and early utility coordination. The research team is experienced in this topic area and has worked at a national level and with individual state DOTs, such as Colorado, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas, to complete related and complementary efforts. This study will provide guidance for improved collection and use of utility location data for project development decision making and an improved process to align and integrate project design and utility coordination. These efforts stand to streamline project development and reduce delays and added costs of utility-related issues.

• Record URL:
  https://ideas.iowadot.gov/subdomain/ideas-main/end/node/3081?qmzn=iKFrYf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $157355
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-RE22(012)-8H-00

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Managing Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Project Managers:

  Clute, Khyle

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Sturgill, Roy

• Start Date: 20211101
• Expected Completion Date: 20240531
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Coordination; Project management; Public utilities
• Identifier Terms: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01910288
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-RE22(012)-8H-00
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 2024 11:43AM