More than 35 million miles of underground utilities are known to exist in the United States but many more are not identified. That’s why transportation agencies and contractors need every possible advantage to detect and manage utility conflicts and make wise decisions every time a shovel goes into the ground. Through SHRP2, three tools are available to help transportation professionals manage their utility program and save lives, money, and time. Utility Locating Technologies (R01B), Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts (R15B), and 3D Utility Location Data Repository (R01A) address the biggest challenges presented by underground utilities:

• How to more accurately locate utilities;
• How to manage potential conflicts to minimize delays and disruptions to the public; and
• How to better organize and ensure data is stored for current and future projects.

Click here to view an overview brochure explaining the linkages between these three products.

• Utility Conflict Management Standalone Conflict List Template
  • Utility Conflict List (Excel in .zip file)
  • Utility Conflict List (pdf)
• Utility Conflict Management Data Model and Database
  • Model and Database Files
• Utility Conflict Management Training
  • Identification, Management, and Resolution of Utility Conflicts Training Materials
• Utility Locating Technologies (R01B) Training and Field Demonstrations
  • R01B Training and Field Demonstrations Presentation
• TRB Guidance Documents
  • Identification of Utility Conflicts and Solutions: Original Research Report that Provides Concepts and Procedures to Identify and Resolve Utility Conflicts.
  • Identification of Utility Conflicts and Solutions: Pilot Implementation of the SHRP2 R15B Products at the Maryland State Highway Administration Report (R15C Update)

• Caltrans R01A case study
  
• Montana DOT R01B case study
  
• Oregon DOT R01B case study
  
• Delaware DOT R15B case study
  
• Texas DOT R15B case study
  
• Michigan’s Use of Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts (R15B)
• Kentucky’s Use of Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts (R15B)
  

• R01A Lessons Learned document
  
• R01B Lessons Learned document
• R15B Lessons Learned document
• SHRP2 Implementation Close Out Report – Utilities Bundle

• SHRP2 Utilities Solutions Peer Exchange and Retrospective Workshop, July 16-17, 2019, Washington, DC
  • Report
  • Presentation
• Committee on Right of Way, Utilities and Outdoor Advertising Control 2019 Annual Meeting Chattanooga, Tennessee April 28–May 2, 2019
  • Oregon DOT Presentation: Utility Locating Technologies R01B Feasibility of Mapping & Marking Underground Utilities by DOTs
  • Montana DT Presentation: Why is Utility Data Important to MDT?
• R15B Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts, Peer Exchange Webinar, February 5, 2019
  • Webinar Recording
  • Webinar slides (PDF)
• 3D Utility Location Data Repository (R01A) Presentation, IAP Webinar, December 5, 2014
• Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts (R15B) and Utility Locating Technologies (R01B) Presentation, IAP Webinar, May 12, 2015
• Utility Locating Technologies (R01B) 2019 TRB Update, TRB Annual Meeting, January 15, 2019
• UCM Implementation in Delaware: Lessons Learned, TRB Annual Meeting, January 15, 2019
• Utility Engineering Implementation in Texas: Lessons Learned, TRB Annual Meeting, January 15, 2019
• SHRP2 R01A and R15B Implementation Assistance Program, Meeting at Caltrans, March 20, 2016

• Generic Insert Chapter 3D Utility Location Data Repository R01A
• Generic Insert Chapter Utility Location Technologies R01B
• Generic Insert Chapter Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts R15B
• Utility Locating Technologies (R01B) factsheet
• Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts (R15B) factsheet
• 3D Utility Location Data Repository (R01A) factsheet

• KURTS Kentucky Utilities and Rail Tracking System
• South Carolina SHRP2 Utility Coordination Training Materials 2017

• Arkansas, California, Indiana, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, and Virginia used Utility Locating Technologies through the FHWA/AASHTO Implementation Assistance Program (IAP).
• California, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington used Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts through the IAP.
• California, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Washington used 3D Utility Location Data Repository through the IAP.

• Julie Johnston, FHWA, julie.johnston@dot.gov
  

• FHWA Utilities Program Page
• Identifying and Managing Utility Conflicts FHWA Web Page
• 3D Utility Location Data Repository FHWA Web Page
• Utility Investigation Technologies FHWA Web Page