Kansas Maintenance QA Program

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October 11-13, 2004

Madison, WI

Kansas MQA Program

External Survey Fall 1997

NCHRP 14-12 Maintenance QA Program Implementation Workshop January 1998

Maintenance Management System Equipment, Materials, Labor 45 Maintenance Activities

Maintenance QA Program

How Best to Identify Maintenance Needs & Manage Our Resources

Do the Right Thing at the Right Time to Satisfy the Traveling Public’s Needs & KDOT’s Mission.

Maintenance QA Program

Provides a Program to Measure the Value of KDOT’s Maintenance Efforts on Our Highways

orThe Overall Level of Service Being Provided

to the Traveling Public.

Results Relevant to Both Higher and Lower Levels of Maintenance Management

Maintenance QA ProgramQA Engineer positionSix similar workshops at each DistrictResearch QA Programs in other statesEstablished a QA CommitteeDetermined

Sample number & length, rating categories, elements, LOS, inspectors, training, adjust MMS activities

Pilot Inspection Nov 1999

Maintenance QA Program

0.1 length samples3360 samples statewide

112 subareas, 26 areas, 6 districts

Inspectors existing field personnelQC done by QA committeeInspections May & Oct 2000, 2001, 2002Inspections Oct only Oct 2003, 2004

Statewide/District Target LOS Values

Travelway - LOS 90Traffic Guidance - LOS 90Shoulders - LOS 90

Roadside - LOS 85Drainage - LOS 85

All IndividualRating Elementsw/ LOS >= 80

All Individual Rating Elements w/ LOS >= 75

Statewide Overall LOS Comparison

89.6

87.2

88.4

88.6

90.0

85.0

86.0

87.0

88.0

89.0

90.0

91.0

Oct 2003Oct 2002Oct 2001Oct 2000Oct 1999

Inspection Period

Ove

rall

LOS

Maintenance QA Program

Bottom line - Continually Seeking the Effective Use of the Maintenance QA Program to Identify Potential Problem Areas and Prioritize Maintenance Efforts and Resources

Maintenance QA Program

Accomplishments

Obstacles

Lessons Learned

Maintenance QA Program

Future of Kansas MQA Program

Streamline sampling process

Pilot Pen Tablets for Inspectors

Update Features Inventory & Tie to QA