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AASHTO AMPE 1st Edition, January 1, 2000 Asset Management Peer Exchange

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Description / Abstract: Foreword

In December 1999, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) jointly sponsored an executive workshop, Asset Management Peer Exchange: Using Past Experiences to Shape Future Practice, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Unlike the earlier workshops, this peer exchange focused on ongoing asset management activities in state transportation agencies. The goal of this workshop was to bring representatives of state highway and transportation agencies together to establish a dialogue with their peers involved in asset management activities and to share experiences. Through this dialogue, it was projected that the state representatives would develop a greater understanding of asset management tools and processes that would help them to practice better asset management.

Seventy-four representatives of 33 state agencies participated in the workshop, along with staff from the AASHTO, the FHWA, other federal agencies involved with asset management, and private firms and academic institutions who are actively working with a state agency in asset management. The state participants represented a variety of functions within agencies, including engineering; finance, accounting, and budgeting; system and asset management; policy and programming; planning; operations and maintenance; design and construction; and materials and research.

This workshop built on two previous workshops held in Washington, D.C., in September 1996 and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in October 1997. The first event, the AASHTO/FHWA Executive Seminar on Asset Management, drew representatives from the leadership of the AASHTO, the FHWA, state departments of transportation, private industry, utility companies, quasi-government organizations, and research and supplier communities. These participants shared their experience and expertise in an effort to improve the quality of asset management.

The second event brought together high-level officials from the AASHTO, the FHWA, state transportation agencies; directors of national organizations and professional associations; and representatives of the private sector and academia. The workshop was convened to evaluate current asset management practices, technologies, and tools and to develop a strategy for moving forward a cooperative approach to asset management strategy.

This executive summary provides an overview of the i999 workshop including the presentations given at the plenary sessions by guest speakers and representatives of state agencies and the discussions that occurred in the breakout sessions. The workshop is documented in more detail in a companion document, Proceedings of the Asset Management Peer Exchange Workshop: Using Past Experiences to Shape Future Practice.