Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices. Topic 52-05. Implementation of Subsurface Utility Engineering for Highway Design and Construction

While it is recognized to be in the public interest to permit the installation of utility infrastructure in roadway rights-of-way, the practice has contributed to utility-related issues being one of the leading causes of delays for transportation projects. Subsurface utility engineering (SUE) is an approach state departments of transportation (DOTs) have implemented to locate utilities and assist their project-development teams with avoiding these issues. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 583: Implementation of Subsurface Utility Engineering for Highway Design and Construction documents state DOT use and practices related to SUE and specifically examines how and when SUE is implemented during the project-design and delivery processes.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4981

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $45000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-05, Topic 52-05

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

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

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Gause, Jo

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Bridge Engineering Center
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, Iowa  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Sturgill, Roy

• Start Date: 20200922
• Expected Completion Date: 20220513
• Actual Completion Date: 20220513

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Data storage; Highway design; Literature reviews; Project delivery; Public utilities; Road construction; State departments of transportation; State of the practice; Surveys; Underground structures
• Identifier Terms: Subsurface Utility Engineering
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01739555
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-05, Topic 52-05
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 19 2020 9:40AM