Investigating implementation level of phase-based strategies in transportation infrastructure projects

Abstract

This research performed a phase-based study of effective project management tasks and strategies of transportation infrastructure projects and examined phase-based outsourcing activities. The research team conducted a comprehensive literature review to discover phase-based project management strategies, tasks, and activities that could be adopted by State Transportation Agencies (STAs) or outsourced, then designed a survey, which they distributed to the STAs nationally through an online platform. The results of the 96 obtained survey responses were analyzed, and the results demonstrated that project management strategies of team qualifications and environmental planning are adopted by the STAs a high percentage of time. The outcomes of this study will help decision-makers and project managers assess the effects of adopting effective strategies as well as outsourcing activities in transportation infrastructure projects on delivering projects on time, within budget, and with desired level of quality.

Transformation of the multilevel system of transport infrastructure project management

“…As a rule, the implementation of such projects is directly associated with obtaining permission from the top leadership of the country, while in these projects it lays not only a strategic, but also a political aspect [9]. The organization of the mechanism of project management in the context of the transformation of transport infrastructure is inextricably linked with a set of actions that take place before the final decision is made on the feasibility of the practical implementation of projects in the field of transport, and includes a certain sequence of procedures within the boundaries of the technology for evaluating / selecting various projects based on a variety of parameters and criterion indicators [10].…”

An assessment of the impacts of electronic ticketing on inspections and material procurement for highway construction

“…The productivity of workers on highway projects has decreased due to a lack of competent project management personnel and reliance on traditional paper-based management techniques (Taylor and Maloney, 2013). The DOTs' inability to keep up with increasing needs for highway construction and reconstruction projects are at least partly due to a lack of qualified inspectors and insufficient funding, but there may also be quality issues (Oechler et al, 2018;Rouhanizadeh and Kermanshachi, 2020;Safapour et al, 2020;Subramanya and Kermanshachi, 2021). Anderson et al (2012) stated that although many state DOTs have increased their capacity to retain their employees, they still face a shortage of experienced workers.…”