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Special Report: Accessible Public Rights-of-Way Planning and Design for Alterations

This report and its recommendations are the work of a subcommittee of the Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee (PROWAAC) and are intended to provide technical assistance only. Contact Sally Anderson (360) 705-7242 for more information.



April 2008


Printing Services
March 2008 Production
476 orders were submitted in March, with approximately 45 additional “walk-through” or “open” orders. Approximately 2.8 million printed pages of black & white project documents and other daily work, and approximately 61,000 pages of color documents were produced during the month of March.

  • 444 jobs (93 percent) delivered on or before the due date
  • 179 jobs (38 percent) delivered the same day 
  • 83 jobs (17 percent) delivered the next day
  • 25 jobs (5 percent) delivered past the requested date
  • Average delivery time – 3.2 days

23 construction projects were processed in March. The projects contained a total of 2503 plan sheets, totaling 557,800 printed 11 x 17 sheets. The following is a breakdown of construction projects produced for each location:

• Northwest Region 7 projects
• North Central Region 2 projects
• Olympic Region 6 projects
• Southwest Region 3 project
• South Central Region 3 projects
• WSF 2 projects

83 jobs (17 percent) delivered the next day
25 jobs (5 percent) delivered past the requested date
Average delivery time – 3.2 days

23 construction projects were processed in March. The projects contained a total of 2503 plan sheets, totaling 557,800 printed 11 x 17 sheets. The following is a breakdown of construction projects produced for each location:

Northwest Region            7 projects
North Central Region        2 projects
Olympic Region               6 projects
Southwest Region           3 projects
South Central Region       3 projects
WSF                             2 projects

SAEO
The Strategic Analysis and Estimating Office (SAEO), CREM Unit, working collaboratively with the Urban Corridors Office has developed a standard RISK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (RBS). The RBS will be "rolled out" at our Annual Statewide VE-CRA Coordinators Meeting on Tuesday 29-April-2008. UCO and CREM agree that the RBS provides several functions and benefits to the project team and to management.

The RBS:

1. Creates consistency with taxonomy (wording);

2. Organizes risk events into common categories;

3. Helps to identify trends with respect to common usage of risk event categories & event types along with their probability and impact values;

4. Helps to identify common risk events among projects that the Region and HQ offices should be aware of due to their potential cumulative effects; e.g. negotiating agreements with agencies or other municipalities;

5. Provides a basis to work from for risk elicitors during CEVP workshops;

6. Provides a basis for development of independent risk surveys for those that are unable to attend a CEVP workshop.

This RBS serves as a starting point in assessing project risks in CEVP and CRA workshops; and also for smaller projects that may not conduct a formal workshop. The RBS is attached.

Our next initiative (anticipated Summer 2008) is a WSDOT Project Risk Management Manual.

Utilities, R/R and Agreements


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