Support for AASHTO Committees and Councils. AASHTO Committee on Bridges and Structures Strategic Plan, Operating Guidelines, and Research Roadmap Development
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Committee on Bridges and Structures (COBS) is responsible to develop and keep current all major engineering standards, specifications and principles pertaining to the methods and procedures of bridge and structural design, fabrication, erection, construction, inspection, and maintenance, including geometric standards and aesthetics as appropriate for bridges, tunnels and ancillary structures; make recommendations for testing and investigating existing and new materials of construction, and determine areas of needed study and research in the area of bridge engineering; and develop and maintain such standards and procedures as are appropriate for rating and evaluating existing in service structures (COBS Charter is available to download at https://bridges.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2020/05/Bridges-Structures-Charter-5-2018.pdf). The committee has been successful over the years in supporting the bridge community by maintaining and improving its strategic plan, and working closely with NCHRP to obtain research funding and implementing the research results. The current strategic plan was developed under the NCHRP Project 20-07 Task 335, “Updating the Strategic Plan for the AASHTO Highway Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures” in 2014 and reorganized by AASHTO in 2018 (AASHTO COBS Strategic Plan is available to download at https://bridges.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2020/05/2018-Bridges-and-Structures-Strategic-Plan-Approved.pdf. Given the rate at which technology is advancing, how learning continues to change, and that bridge design and construction innovations constantly affect the industry, the COBS strategic plan needs to be re-evaluated and revised to meet the needs of today, and include a research roadmap that provides direction and prioritizes the committee’s research needs. Additionally for the committee members to successfully implement the strategic plan, operating guidelines shall be developed. The objectives of this research were to (1) refine and refocus the AASHTO COBS strategic plan reorganized in 2018; (2) develop operating guidelines including a new member onboarding checklist; and (3) develop a research roadmap for short- and long-term goals that can be used by COBS to focus its efforts to foster, support, monitor, disseminate, and implement research.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $120000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 20-123(10)
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Abu-Hawash, Ahmad
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Performing Organizations:
Clough, Harbor & Associates, LLP
575 Broadway
Suite 301
Albany, NY United States 12207 -
Principal Investigators:
Culmo, Mike
- Start Date: 20210607
- Expected Completion Date: 20221006
- Actual Completion Date: 20221006
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge construction; Bridge design; Committees; Guidelines; Research management; Strategic planning
- Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01754936
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 20-123(10)
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Oct 19 2020 7:32PM