| Table Index |
Action |
Objectives |
Catalysts |
| 1 |
Develop detailed elements for movable bridge inspection & management |
- Evaluate emerging trends in technologies, policies and practices
- Be the trusted developers and keepers of transportation standards and guidance
- Innovate and modernize products and services
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- Provide resources to meet evolving business needs
- Expand capacity-building products and services
- Review and refresh older products
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| 2 |
Work with pooled fund, FHWA, and the construction industries to deploy BIM related technologies in transportation |
- Align transportation interests across partners and regions
- Evaluate emerging trends in technologies, policies and practices
- Build transportation workforce capabilities
- Innovate and modernize products and services
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- Promote the use of AASHTO standards and guidance across all transportation organizations
- Seek private sector partners for innovation opportunities, expertise and information sharing
- Work together with partners to share information and efforts
- Develop next generation of leaders and workforce
- Provide resources to meet evolving business needs
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| 3 |
Update relevant specifications, manuals, and guides related to the design and maintenance of bridges & structures |
- Improve asset performance
- Evaluate emerging trends in technologies, policies and practices
- Be the trusted developers and keepers of transportation standards and guidance
- Innovate and modernize products and services
|
- Create methods to better connect transportation research to policies and implementation
- Promote the use of AASHTO standards and guidance across all transportation organizations
- Work together with partners to share information and efforts
- Provide resources to meet evolving business needs
- Review and refresh older products
|
| 4 |
Update the Manual for Bridge Element Inspection and the Manual for Bridge Evaluation to include new best practices, changes to the NBIS, and related research findings |
- Improve asset performance
- Evaluate emerging trends in technologies, policies and practices
- Be the trusted developers and keepers of transportation standards and guidance
- Innovate and modernize products and services
|
- Create methods to better connect transportation research to policies and implementation
- Promote the use of AASHTO standards and guidance across all transportation organizations
- Catalog and provide easy access to materials
- Review and refresh older products
|
| 5 |
Review ongoing research and update multiple provisions of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications as recommended |
- Improve asset performance
- Evaluate emerging trends in technologies, policies and practices
- Be the trusted developers and keepers of transportation standards and guidance
- Innovate and modernize products and services
|
- Create methods to better connect transportation research to policies and implementation
- Promote the use of AASHTO standards and guidance across all transportation organizations
- Catalog and provide easy access to materials
- Review and refresh older products
|
| 6 |
Develop guidance on concrete and steel bridge design and construction in partnership with NSBA and NCBC |
- Improve asset performance
- Strengthen resiliency
- Evaluate emerging trends in technologies, policies and practices
- Be the trusted developers and keepers of transportation standards and guidance
- Innovate and modernize products and services
|
- Promote the use of AASHTO standards and guidance across all transportation organizations
- Seek private sector partners for innovation opportunities, expertise and information sharing
- Work together with partners to share information and efforts
- Provide resources to meet evolving business needs
- Expand capacity-building products and services
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