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Organization Chart | Civil Rights | Asset Management | Major Projects | Realty
Administration | Operations | Bridge | Planning & Program Development | Safety
The Asset Management Program in the North Carolina Division Office is dedicated to working with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to establish an Asset Management based approach to operations. The diagram below shows the "Wheel" of a highways "Life Cycle."
Traditionally the emphasis of FHWA has been on the Planning, Project Development and Construction phases of the life-cycle of a highway project. More than ¾ of the life-cycle of a highway is in the Operations and Maintenance of the facility. Many of the decisions made during the Planning and Project Development phases can affect the cost to Operate, Maintain, and Preserve the facility. The focus of Asset Management is on taking care of the investment in the highway transportation infrastructure and bridging the groups involved in each of these processes.
The major initiatives currently under way are: shifting from a reactive to planned operations using performance measures to drive the programs, helping to expand the preservation programs throughout the Divisions, updating the existing management systems and creating new management systems with an emphasis on interconnectivity between the systems. Working to promote horizontal communications within FHWA and the NCDOT.
The Asset Management position seeks to operate as a liaison between the FHWA Division office and NCDOT. Provides feedback to FHWA HQ on current practices in the field with respect to Asset Management and works along side NCDOT staff to promote and implement Asset Management principles.
