Guide for the preservation of highway tunnel systems /

The guide explains how executives can incorporate and communicate capital funding needs for tunnel improvements as part of their overall transportation system funding. Additionally, the guide delivers a process for prioritizing needs, using an overall measure of effectiveness that is calculated usin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Allen, Chester (Author), Averso, Martha (Author), Hargraves, Carrie (Author), McNeil, Susan (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Cooperative Highway Research Program (sponsoring body.), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2015.
Series:	Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 816.
Subjects:	Tunnels > United States > Maintenance and repair. Bridges and other structures. Maintenance and preservation. Asset management. Budgeting. Financing. Preservation. Risk Analysis. Vehicular tunnels.
Online Access:	http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_816.pdf Blub

Table of Contents:

chapter 1. Introduction to the guide
chapter 2. Description of tunnel assets
chapter 3. Establishing the asset management framework
chapter 4. Highway tunnel preservation actions
chapter 5. Measuring effectiveness of preservation actions
chapter 6. Prioritization of preservation actions
chapter 7. Implementation of preservation actions
Abbreviations and acronyms
References
appendix A. Description of tunnel types and systems
appendix B. Catalog of preservation actions
appendix C. Highway tunnel preservation prioritization flowchart
appendix D. Detailed example.