Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Consultant will be required to perform a variety of asset, risk and performance management related activities. Services for individual projects may range from performing a discrete task (i.e. conducting a load rating analysis for a bridge) to performing work for all phases of the project. Services performed by the Consultant may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following types of activities: A. Asset Management System Support: Coordinate and perform support activities related to the development, operation and advancement of VTrans’ asset management systems. Assets may include, but are not limited to, pavements, bridges, culverts and other buried structures, retaining walls, rock or soil slopes, signs, guardrails, signals, etc. B. Policy, Planning, and Strategic Support Assist VTrans in general transportation planning and policy development activities related directly to asset, risk, or performance management such as coordinating and gathering internal and external opinion and feedback, assessing asset needs across the State and determining sustainable asset investment levels. Other activities may include developing strategies to assess VTrans’ gaps, and developing and prioritizing strategies to reduce gaps and increase overall efficiency and effectiveness. Activities may include comparing or weighting priorities against each other in order to ascertain the appropriate asset investment level. C. TAMP refinement: Work on activities that are associated with supporting the continued development and refinement of VTrans’ Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) and associated documents such as, but not limited to, the Agency’s TAM Financial Plan and consistency determination documentation.