National Cooperative Highway Research Program Andrew C. Lemer, SPO 1 NCHRP Project 20-68A/B/C U.S. Domestic Scan Program Report to the AASHTO Highway Subcommittee.

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Andrew C. Lemer, SPO 1

NCHRP Project 20-68A/B/C

U.S. Domestic Scan Program

Report to the

AASHTOHighway Subcommittee on Maintenance

July 18, 2011

Andrew Lemer (NCHRP)Lori Rosenkopf (Wharton)

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NCHRP 20-68: Motivation … Interactions and Exchange

Personal Contact

Information exchange

Knowledge networks

Virtual communities

Innovation

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NCHRP 20-68: Key Steps … Varied Techniques

• Select Topics and Refine ScopesAASHTO and NCHRP

• Conduct and Document Scans (3 scan types) Scan Teams, Contractor, Innovator-Hosts

• Disseminate Results (reports, webinars, missionary work, other)

NCHRP, FHWA, Scan-team Members, TRB, Others

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NCHRP 20-68: Domestic Scan Program Direction

NCHRP

Project PanelNCHRP RSO

20-68A

Arora & Assoc.

Scan Team 1

Scan Team 2

Scan Team N

20-68B

CTC Assoc.

20-68C

Lori Rosenkopf

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NCHRP 20-68: Domestic Scan Program Direction

20-68 Project Panel

• "Skip" Paul, LaDOTD (chair)• Shane Brown, WA State University• Nancy Chinlund, CalTrans• Marsha Fiol, VaDOT• Rick Kreider, KS DOT• Glenn Roberts, NH DOT• Amy Schutzbach, IL DOT• Mark VanPortFleet, MI DOT

• “Mike” Burk, FHWA liaison• Keith Platte & Marty Vitale, AASHTO liaisons

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NCHRP 20-68A: Domestic Scan History

• Apr ‘05: SCOR approved concept ($250,000 FY ’05)

• July ‘05: Business Plan completed (Cambridge Systematics, Inc.)

• Nov ‘06: Pilot scans (2) completed(reports published as web documents; FHWA support +$75,000)

• Dec ‘07: Full program initiated (Arora and Associates, Inc.; 6-yr contract)

• 6 annual funding increments through FY 2012: $3M+ ($500,000/yr for scans, $3.0 million total + FHWA support, $224,000)

• Program will continue, contingent on future funding and evaluation research

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NCHRP 20-68A: Domestic Scan Products

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NCHRP 20-68B/C: Impact Assessment and Enhancement

FY ‘09 $200,000* NCHRP 20-68B/C

• Assess the impact, cost-effectiveness of domestic scans

• Explore alternatives to team-travel-based scan

• Enhance dissemination community of innovators, networks of innovation

* In addition to $3M+ used for scan activities.

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NCHRP 20-68B/C: Scan Impact and Cost Effectiveness

Diffusion: an often crooked path

Scans bring people together

Terry

Tony

Tony’s DOT saved $10 million in the 1st year of full rollout MDSS

for winter maintenance operations

Personal contact Innovation

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Type 1 of 3: Traditional scan

NCHRP 20-68B/C: Scan Alternatives

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Type 2 scan

NCHRP 20-68B/C: Scan Alternatives

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Type 3 scan

NCHRP 20-68B/C: Scan Alternatives

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NCHRP 20-68B/C: Dissemination, Innovation Networks

To Date…

• 7+2 scans completed• 12 topics in execution and

programmed

• 94 state DOT-staff team members, from 49 states

• 35 states provided info to scan teams, hosted scans

• 6 post-scan 6-month assessments

• Scan-team social web site operational

• Innovation-tracing research ongoing

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NCHRP 20-68B/C: Dissemination, Innovation Networks

www.domesticscan.org

www.trb.orgNCHRP 20-68A

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Research Questions:• How do DOTs learn about and implement innovations;

how do we compare with others; can we do better?• Is the NCHRP Domestic Scan Program cost-effective;

how can we do better?• What can we learn about what factors encourage

innovation awareness and implementation?

NCHRP 20-68C: Innovation Networks

DOT Effectiveness

Successful Implementation.

Innovation Initiation

Innovation Awareness

Networks and Relationships

Organizational and Individual Factors, e.g., • Culture, personality…

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We need your support & your DOTs’ participation

• Identify and recruit the right respondents

• Ensure timely responses

• Help us get the story straight

NCHRP 20-68C: The Survey

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• The right respondents: headquarters and districts

• Timely responses: Aug/Sept timeframe On-line, 20-30 minutes Incentives (Leadership encouragement,

iPad2 lottery)

NCHRP 20-68C: The Survey

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NCHRP Project 20-68CU.S. Domestic Scan Program

Maintenance Innovation Survey

Lori Rosenkopf (Wharton)[email protected]

215.718.5107

Andy Lemer (NCHRP)

Discussion, Questions?

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