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原文传递 Practices for Utility Coordination in Transit Projects: A Synthesis of Transit Practice. TCRP Synthesis 118.

题名：	Practices for Utility Coordination in Transit Projects: A Synthesis of Transit Practice. TCRP Synthesis 118.
作者：	Quiroga, C.; Kraus, E.; Cochran, L.
关键词：	Utility coordination, Transit projects, Transit facilities, Literature review, Federal guidelines, Utility accommodations
摘要：	Transit projects frequently affect utility facilities (both above and below ground) that exist along project corridors. Relatively little has been documented on the topic of utility issues or the use of successful practices to facilitate utility coordination in transit projects. This synthesis provides a summary of utility coordination practices at transit agencies around the United States. The report includes a literature review, a survey of selected transit agencies, documentation of lessons learned, and identification of information gaps and research needs. The literature review included references that discuss utility practices at transit agencies and, for completeness, references that discuss relevant highway-related reports, guidelines, and research. Most utility relocations at transit agencies are associated with rail and streetcar projects. Bus projects rarely involve utility relocations. Statistics showing capital expenditures spent on utility relocations are not easily available. Having access to these statistics could facilitate a number of applications, including project planning and scoping, project cost monitoring, and risk management. Some FTA guidelines include information related to utilities. For example, the Project and Construction Management Guidelines assist with the development of transit capital projects in areas related to project scope, function, schedule, cost, and quality. Regardless of project delivery method, the guidelines highlight the importance of identifying utility conflicts during project development. The guidelines also stress the importance of executing master agreements with utility owners to outline each party’s responsibilities during design and construction. FTA also published a series of lessons learned based on feedback received from FTA Project Management Oversight Program contractors, transit agencies, and FTA regional managers. However, utility issues were mentioned only incidentally in some of the lessons learned. A survey of transit agencies was conducted to better understand utility coordination practices. A two-tier approach was followed in which a preselection survey was distributed to transit agencies nationwide, and based on the results of this preselection survey, a targeted round of phone interviews was conducted with selected transit agencies. In total, ten transit agencies were selected based on the results of the preselection survey and invited to participate in phone interviews. Of this total, eight agencies responded (80% response rate), and phone interviews were scheduled with each of them.
总页数：	Quiroga, C.; Kraus, E.; Cochran, L.
报告类型：	科技报告