Work the Numbers

Fewer Street Cuts - 27%

Detailed studies referenced in the Envista Return on Investment (ROI) model show that improved project coordination reduces street cuts, thereby extending the useful life of roadways. In the Envista model, the best documented studies are used as a baseline of how coordination can reduce the number of street cuts by 27%.

Longer Pavement Life - 6 years

Many pavements have a useful life of nearly 20 years, but excessive street cuts shorten that significantly. Keeping street cuts to a reasonable number through effective coordination among municipalities and utilities can add 6 years to the useful life of roads.

Lower Paving Costs - 32%

Web-based project coordination creates cost-saving opportunities for both municipalitites and utilities. For municipalities, longer pavement life reduces total paving budgets. For utilities, cost savings can include the increased use of low-cost temporary paving patches and the decreased need for expensive curb-to-curb paving. For example, if you can identify that a street is going to be repaved in the near future, you have an opportunity to do other work under the street prior to repaving, thereby saving the cost of full pavement restoration.

Less Carbon Dioxide Emitted - 5.6 tons annually per street cut avoided

Reducing the number of street cuts reduces the amount of paving and construction activity. The environmental impact can be measured both in the smaller amount of energy required to manufacture asphalt as well as the reduced carbon emissions expended during manufacture. The reduced carbon emissions, alone, in the Baltimore example can total 14,434 tons of carbon dioxide annually.