1. Kansas Maintenance QA Program
Peer to Peer Exchange
October 11-13, 2004
Madison, WI

2. Kansas MQA Program External Survey
Fall 1997
NCHRP Maintenance QA Program Implementation Workshop
January 1998
Maintenance Management System
Equipment, Materials, Labor
45 Maintenance Activities

3. Maintenance QA Program
How Best to Identify Maintenance Needs & Manage Our Resources
Do the Right Thing at the Right Time to Satisfy the Traveling Public’s Needs & KDOT’s Mission.

4. Maintenance QA Program
Provides a Program to Measure the Value of KDOT’s Maintenance Efforts on Our Highways or
The Overall Level of Service Being Provided to the Traveling Public.
Results Relevant to Both Higher and Lower Levels of Maintenance Management

5. Maintenance QA Program
QA Engineer position
Six similar workshops at each District
Research QA Programs in other states
Established a QA Committee
Determined
Sample number & length, rating categories, elements, LOS, inspectors, training, adjust MMS activities
Pilot Inspection Nov 1999

6. Maintenance QA Program
0.1 length samples
3360 samples statewide
112 subareas, 26 areas, 6 districts
Inspectors existing field personnel
QC done by QA committee
Inspections May & Oct 2000, 2001, 2002
Inspections Oct only Oct 2003, 2004

7. Statewide/District Target LOS Values
Travelway - LOS 90
Traffic Guidance - LOS 90
Shoulders - LOS 90
Roadside - LOS 85
Drainage - LOS 85
All Individual
Rating Elements
w/ LOS >= 80
All Individual Rating Elements w/ LOS >= 75

11. Maintenance QA Program
Bottom line - Continually Seeking the Effective Use of the Maintenance QA Program to Identify Potential Problem Areas and Prioritize Maintenance Efforts and Resources

12. Maintenance QA Program
Accomplishments
Obstacles
Lessons Learned

13. Maintenance QA Program
Future of Kansas MQA Program
Streamline sampling process
Pilot Pen Tablets for Inspectors
Update Features Inventory & Tie to QA