Establishing a KYTC Lessons Learned Database

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) delivers projects that vary widely in terms of scope and timeline. These range from megaprojects (e.g., Louisville Bridges) and multi-year efforts (e.g., Bridging Kentucky, Interstate 69) to emergency repairs (e.g., Brent Spence Bridge fire) and smaller projects geared toward improving safety (e.g., HSIP). Every project generates multiple learning experiences that inform how engineers address ongoing and future projects as well as agency practices. However, often these experiences are translated into tacit knowledge or only informally communicated between staff. Such exchanges are valuable, but they do not create a permanent record that employees — including future hires — can consult. As staff turns over, eventually lessons learned are lost. This project will provide accurate, sustainable, and user-friendly procedures for documenting lessons learned once projects conclude; and implement a process for maintaining a database of best practices for different project types.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $190000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR23-638

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281
• Principal Investigators:

  Gibson, Bryan

• Start Date: 20220701
• Expected Completion Date: 20230630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Databases; Documents; Lessons learned; Project delivery; State departments of transportation
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01860992
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Contract Numbers: SPR23-638
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 12 2022 12:57PM