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AGENDA1) Practical Design2) Manifestation of PD at WSDOT3) Value Engineering as a tool for PD4) Opportunities

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CHOICES

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DESIRED CONDITION

EXISTING CONDITION

Desired Condition? ?? ?

1Practical Design

PRACTICAL

What do you think it means to be practical?

: relating to what is real(rather than possible or imagined)

: likely to succeed (reasonable to do)

: appropriate or suited for actual use

real

silence is golden… duct tape is silver

define design

: to plan and make decisions (for something to be built or created)

: to plan and make (something) for a specific use or purpose

DESIGN

epitome of design

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

Practical Design is…

an approach decision-making.

focused on project need.

finding the lowest cost solutions.

Why Practical Design?

Why Now?

Haven’t we always been practical?

How can we be more practical?

1)Demand Management2)Systems Management (ops)3)Capital project

MultimodalSustainable Collaborative

FOCUSProblem Statement (NEED)

2Manifestation of

PD atWSDOT

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Practical Design / Concepts and Strategies

These are all

Urban Principal Arterials

Practical Design Policy

What’s Changing and How?Context Classification System

Context within Practical Design

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From: Smart Transportation Guidebook; PennDOT and NJDOT.

Example: New Jersey and Pennsylvania

From: Smart Transportation Guidebook; PennDOT and NJDOT.

• Bikes• Pedestrians• Transit• Maintenance operationsHow you design for different users depends on context.

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Designing for All Users

PERFORMANCEBASEDDESIGN

3Value Engineering

as a tool forPractical Design

A Value Study is….

“the formal application of a value methodology to a project in order to improve 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.

InformationFunction Analysis – needCreativeEvaluationDevelopmentPresentationJO

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Objective/Raison d’etreProblem Statement/Context

Focus on the functions for the Purpose & Need for

“today”

IDEAS !

Focus on:Cost Reduction

Ease of Implementation

Describe

Functions

Performance Attributes

Describe, Verify and Quantify

IDEAS !

Information

Function Analysis

Creative

Evaluate

Develop

PresentWorkshop

Summary FolioWorkshop

Report

Practical Design – Value Engineering

Project team to further develop Practical design recommendations and monitor and update facts as they emerge

Plan For Practical Design Peer

Review

Practical Design (PD) using Value Engineering Methodology

Performance Based design is replacing

standards based design

Assessment with Recommended Practical Design Innovations- Reduces Cost?- Easy to Implement?

Evaluation4

Problem StatementContext

Information1

Can needs be addressed with:Demand management or

system management

Function Analysis

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Develop5

Presentation6

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Flow Chart

Perform Pre-Study Activities

Develop Idea?

YES

DesignConsiderationNO

Monitor and Update/Incorporate PD

recommendations in accordance with future

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Practical Design Peer Review TeamParticipates in pre-workshop activities thoughWorkshop completion.

Project TeamMonitors, implements and controls project Updates and follow up activities.

Summarize in Folio Report Implement Approved

Recommendations

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What’s practical?

What is “the right thing”?

GLASS A GLASS B

Pure “container” “container” + “support”

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Practical Solution Success Story