Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Decision Making and Economic Modeling Tool

Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) uses both new technology and innovative project management techniques to reduce the impact of bridge construction projects on the public and to reduce bridge construction costs. In particular, ABC can lead to substantially lower user delay costs and significantly lower traffic control costs. While the potential advantages of ABC are recognized, transportation personnel do not have an established protocol to quantify the risks and economic benefit of using ABC over conventional construction for specific bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects. This pooled fund effort will develop a project-level tool for engineers and decision-makers to quantitatively assess the utility of ABC in the early project development stage and to determine whether or not ABC is more economically effective than conventional construction for a given bridge replacement or rehabilitation project.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/449

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $120000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(221)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  Utah Department of Transportation

  4501 South 2700 West
  Project Development
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114-8380

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  555 13th Street NE
  Salem, OR  United States  97301

  Montana Department of Transportation

  2701 Prospect Avenue
  P.O. Box 201001
  Helena, MT  United States  59620-1001

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Iowa Department of Transportation

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

  Tang, Benjamin

• Performing Organizations:

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331
• Principal Investigators:

  Saeedi, Amirali

  Doolen, Toni

• Start Date: 20091223
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110630
• Source Data: RiP Project 29801

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge construction; Decision making; Economic models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accelerated construction; Construction costs; Modeling tools; Project development process
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Economics; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01528646
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(221)
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 22 2014 1:00AM