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The Challenge

Why We Need Responsible Infrastructure Stewardship What is Responsible Infrastructure Stewardship? How to Achieve Responsible Infrastructure Stewardship Asset Management Defined Other Definitions Case Studies & Papers FAQs

The Recommended Strategic Process

The Generic Process Enhancing the Generic Process for Responsible Stewardship Case Studies and Papers

Best Practices

Goal & Policy Setting Asset Inventory Asset Condition & Performance Monitoring Alternative Evaluation & Project Optimization Project Selection & Program Optimization Budgeting/Fund Allocation Program Implementation Performance Monitoring Process Deployment

Accountability

The Need for Accountability Achieving Accountability

Library

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Best Practices

Industry and government research has produced a wide variety of techniques and tools for accomplishing each step in the generic FHWA process, as well as for risk-basing each step and integrating them into a comprehensive decision support system. Some of these methods are more expensive than others, but higher cost does not guarantee effectiveness and sometimes produces inferior results. Fortunately, there are some affordable methods, which, if properly implemented, can be quite effective. Click on any step in the process for descriptions of the currently available techniques and tools, which are most conducive to effectively supporting that particular step at an affordable price.