Practical Design for Effective Problem Solving in Transportation

1. “Rote Standards may be trying to Fix Problems that don’t exist N ed ? e Cont xt ?

2. AGENDA 1) Practical Design 2) Manifestation of PD at WSDOT 3) Value Engineering as a tool for PD 4) Opportunities

3. CHOICES

4. Desired Condition DESIRED CONDITION ? ? ? ? EXISTING CONDITION

5. 1 Practical Design

6. PRACTICAL : relating to what is real (rather than possible or imagined) : likely to succeed(reasonable to do) : appropriate or suited for actual use real What do you think it means to be practical?

7. silence is golden… duct tape is silver

8. DESIGN : to plan and make decisions (for something to be built or created) : to plan and make (something) for a specific use or purpose define design

9. epitome of design

10. The Federal Highway Administration, defines Value Engineering so that a solution… “…provides the needed functions, reliably, at the lowest overall cost."

11. Practical Design is… • an approach decision-making. • focused on project need. • finding the lowest cost solutions.

12. Why Practical Design? Why Now? Haven’twe always been practical? How can we be more practical?

13. FOCUS Problem Statement (NEED) • Demand Management • Systems Management (ops) • Capital project • Multimodal • Sustainable • Collaborative

14. 2 Manifestation of PD at WSDOT

15. 5-r Practical Design / Concepts and Strategies These are all Urban Principal Arterials

16. Context within Practical Design Practical Design Policy What’s Changing and How? Example: New Jersey and Pennsylvania Context Classification System From: Smart Transportation Guidebook; PennDOT and NJDOT. From: Smart Transportation Guidebook; PennDOT and NJDOT.

17. Designing for All Users • Bikes • Pedestrians • Transit • Maintenance operations How you design for different users depends on context. 17

18. PERFORMANCEBASED DESIGN

19. 3 Value Engineering as a tool for Practical Design

20. A Value Study is…. “the formal application of a value methodology to a project in order toimprove its value...” VALUE STANDARD and BODY OF KNOWLEDGE V = F/$ Practical Design is …. “The least cost options to solve today’s needs” V = F/$ Lowest Cost Solution.

21. Information Function Analysis – need Creative Evaluation Development Presentation JOB PLAN

22. Practical Design – Value Engineering Problem Statement/Context Objective/Raison d’etre Focus on the functions for the Purpose & Need for “today” Functions IDEAS ! IDEAS ! Focus on: Cost Reduction Ease of Implementation Performance Attributes Describe, Verify and Quantify Describe Workshop Summary Folio Workshop Report

23. Practical Design (PD) using Value Engineering Methodology Perform Pre-Study Activities Plan For Practical Design Peer Review Practical Design Peer Review Team Participates in pre-workshop activities though Workshop completion. Pre-Workshop Problem Statement Context Performance Based design is replacing standards based design 4 6 5 2 3 Develop Presentation Evaluation Function Analysis Creative Design Consideration NO Develop Idea? 1 Information Assessment with Recommended Practical Design Innovations- Reduces Cost?- Easy to Implement? Can needs be addressed with: Demand management or system management YES Workshop Summarize in Folio Report Implement Approved Recommendations Project Team Monitors, implements and controls project Updates and follow up activities. Project team to further develop Practical design recommendations and monitor and update facts as they emerge Post Workshop Monitor and Update/Incorporate PD recommendations in accordance with future Risk/VE Legend VE Activity Practical Design Activity # Flow Chart

24. What’s practical? What is “the right thing”?

25. Practical Solution Success Story http://youtu.be/unSWu-bN0II?list=UUtKY2DeY9GkBr35opV7E2Lg