FHWA 2017 Excellence in Right-of-Way Awards
Categories and Criteria
Innovation
Person, group, or who:
- Innovates research and development.
- Envisions and implements creative right-of-way (ROW) solutions.
- Adopts and implements a product or process that improves the agency's ROW program.
- Protects property owner's rights.
- Adopts, utilizes and harnesses technology.
- Improves ROW practices and processes with technology, examples include:
- Record storage and retrieval
- Electronic appraisal
- ROW spatial data technology
- Improves public access to ROW program information, examples include:
- Public internet access to policies, procedures and general ROW information.
- Public forums to discuss transportation projects involving ROW.
Leadership
Person, group, or team who:
- Demonstrates a commitment to integrate ROW considerations into their organization's culture.
- Achieves clear commitment of staff and resources.
- Demonstrates teaming and sharing of the responsibilities in the ROW program.
- Meets ROW challenges creatively.
- Demonstrates a lifetime commitment to the field of ROW.
Stewardship
States or local public agency who:
- Uses effective measures to guard against fraud, waste and abuse.
- Fosters measurable process improvement.
- Uses creative techniques to educate employees and local public agency staff.
- Employs interactive workshops to explore new ways to deliver programs while protecting property owner rights.
- Uses new techniques to estimate project costs to deliver projects at or under budget.
- Continuously updates the ROW procedural manual for effective stewardship.
- Continuously updates guidance and training for local public agencies to ensure effective processes.
- Uses effective quality assurance during program delivery.
- Monitors local public agencies for quality assurance.
Streamlining and Integration
Public or private organization who:
- Demonstrates ROW's role in the multidisciplinary design process:
- Examples of success where effective integration of ROW with planning, environment, and design have improved the project development process.
- Examples of success where integration process implementation saves money and time on the project(s) for the sponsoring agency/project owner.
- Demonstrates reduced project and process delays.
- Integrates and enhances interagency coordination.
- Incorporates innovative mitigation and enhancement measures.
- Builds partnerships and enhances proactive public involvement.
- Increases amount and range of public involvement.
- Increases public access to information.
- Uses state-of-the-art technology to enhance access.
- Promotes the efficient use of public funds.
Peer of the Year Award
Person, group, or team (may be public or private sector) who:
- Exhibit a history of consistent volunteering.
- Goes "above and beyond" their assigned duties and responsibilities.
- Play key roles in achieving successful outcomes in numerous critical programs or projects in the ROW profession.
- Enhance project development by implementing new project strategies and duties.
Judges Award Recognition for Special Achievement
This selection will be made at the discretion of the judging panel for person, group, or team who clearly stands out among the award nominations.
