Capacity Building Workshop Overview TEA Conference Baton Rouge, LA Mike Ginnaty Director, Project Scope and Cost Management

Third workshop, others held in 2007 and 2008 Held in Minneapolis on Aug Funded by AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning Additional funding for participant travel provided by FHWA Hosted by University of Minnesota and Mn/DOT Capacity Building Workshop

FHWA from CO, GA, DE, Washington DC 1 MPO from Las Vegas, NV 14 DOT’s represented from WA, ID, GA, FL, CO, OR, OH, UT, NV, MD, MT, WV, CA and MN Academia from TX and CO Attendance

To build expertise and capacity for planning and engineering professionals to implement the NCHRP Report 574 guidebook on cost estimating and cost management To learn how states are moving forward with the implementation of the guidebook or other initiatives related to cost estimating and cost management To share advances and lessons learned from other states’ initiatives on cost estimating To develop action plans for initiatives in support of cost estimating and cost management implementation Workshop Objectives

Opening Remarks FHWA, AASHTO, and Mn/DOT Overview of NCHRP 574, Total Project Cost Stu Anderson, Texas A&M NCHRP 8-60, Risk Analysis Tools and Management Keith Molenaar, University of Colorado Agenda

Agency Experiences California DOT, Jack Young Washington DOT, Terry Berends FHWA, Craig Actis Oregon DOT, Raymond Mabey Nevada MPO, Paul Judd Florida DOT, Greg Davis Minnesota DOT, Jean Wallace and Mike Ginnaty Agenda continued

Developed action plans around themes of: Organization Integration Project Management Performance Measures and Performance Measures Tools and Resources Communication Risk Assessment and Risk Management Other (accelerated projects and alternatives contracting techniques) Action Items:

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National recommendation to DOT’s for standardized CE/CM strategies Identify the value for DOT’s to implement CE/CM strategies Project Management development, broaden skills with an emphasis on risk management Define the scope and delivery approach to establish the baseline cost estimate Action Plans:

Compare forecasted total project cost to actual costs Define performance measures for project/program estimates Document how states are customizing various cost estimating tools and guidance Best practices, what is being used by whom Establish national forum on CE and risk analysis Action Plans continued:

Communicating the benefits of risk management to transportation stakeholders Strategies and tools for program-level risk management Linking risk assessment with risk management, document tools, methods and techniques Addressing CE/CM in accelerated projects CE and risk management for alternative contracting techniques Action Plans continued: