Workforce 2030--Attracting, Retaining, and Developing the Transportation Workforce: Design, Construction, and Maintenance

The objectives of this research are the following: (1) To produce a roadmap of effective human capital strategies for state DOTs, identifying critical areas necessary in the future to attract, retain, and develop a sustainable, qualified transportation design, construction, and maintenance workforce; (2) To identify trends, policies, and processes critical for developing and maintaining an adaptive organizational framework that will attract, retain, and develop a qualified workforce beyond 2030; and (3) To prepare an evidence-based guide that transportation industry organizations may use when developing and establishing an effective human capital program for a qualified workforce into 2030 and beyond.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4544

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $700000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 02-25

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Goldstein, Lawrence

• Performing Organizations:

  ICF Consulting, Incorporated

  101 Lucas Valley Road
  San Rafael, CA  United States  94903-1791
• Principal Investigators:

  Cronin, Candace

• Start Date: 20190515
• Expected Completion Date: 20210515
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Labor force; Maintenance personnel; Organizational factors; Recruiting; Road construction workers; State departments of transportation; Training
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01669529
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 02-25
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: May 21 2018 3:07PM