Guidance for Conducting Effective Work Zone Process Reviews

Appendix B. Possible Improvement Topics to Consider

Should you establish/revise strategic goals specifically to reduce congestion and delay in work zones?
Should you establish/revise work zone performance metrics that address: maximum queue lengths, number of open lanes, maximum traveler delay, and/or other measures?
Should you establish/revise criteria to support selection and use of project execution strategies (e.g. night work and full closure) to reduce public exposure to work zones and reduce the duration of work zones?
Should you establish/revise policies to support the use of innovative contracting strategies to reduce contract performance periods?

Should you establish/revise the planning process to encourage use of traffic analysis tools to determine the impact of future significant road construction and maintenance activities on network performance, effects of design alternatives to facilitate future road construction and maintenance, coordination efforts to best sequence the road projects that are planned, etc.?
Should you establish/revise the planning process to include a transportation management cost component into project estimates for those projects deemed significant?
Should you establish/revise the planning process to increase planning staff involvement during project design to help with analyses of potential transportation management mitigation strategies?

Should you establish/revise procedures to incorporate constructability reviews for significant projects that include consideration of transportation management mitigation strategies being contemplated (potentially including contractors in the review if allowed by law)?
Should you establish/revise procedures for establishing project time estimates on significant projects where accelerated construction techniques are desirable?
Should you establish/revise procedures to assess whether use of some type of work zone Intelligent Transportation Systems should be used on a project?
Should you establish/revise procedures to solicit contractor input in the development of traffic control plans for significant projects (if allowed by law)?
Should you establish/revise procedures as to how traffic impacts and flow characteristics are estimated for the traffic control plan being considered?

Should you establish/revise procedures to consider the use of performance-based selection of contractors relative to previous project time completion history?
Should you establish/revise procedures on when to encourage the inclusion of incident management services into the project TMP?
Should you establish/revise procedures to allow flexible starting time for the contractor after the Notice to Proceed is issued?
Should you establish/revise procedures requiring and/or providing training to uniformed law enforcement on work zone devices and layout?

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