NCHRP Research on Transportation Asset Management --------------- Concept to Implementation
Transportation Asset Management TAM “TAM focuses on a DOT’s business processes for resource allocation and utilization with the objective of better decision-making based upon quality information and well-defined objectives.” (TAM Guide, Nov 2002 ) Optimizing resources to meet agency goals Evaluating the consequences of various strategic options (what-if scenarios)
NCHRP Support Project 20-24(11): AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide (Nov. 2002)—by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Defines TAM and its business processes Provides self-assessment and good practice Project 08-69: AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide: A Focus on Implementation (Jan. 2011)—AECOM Provides specific implementation strategies
TAM Process
Asset Management Guides Volume 2: NCHRP 08-69 Volume 1: NCHRP 20-24(11)
TRB.ORG Impacts on Practice at: http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/NCHRPImpactsonPractice.aspx