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What is an ACRP Synthesis?
The synthesis series of reports on current knowledge and practice, present research in a compact format, without the detailed directions usually found in handbooks, guidebooks, or design manuals. Each report in the series provides a compendium of the best knowledge available on those measures found to be the most successful in resolving specific problems.
To develop these syntheses in a comprehensive manner and to ensure inclusion of significant knowledge, the Transportation Research Board hires a consultant with expertise in the topic area to collect and analyze available information assembled from numerous sources, including airports and experienced consultants and write a summary report. A panel of experts in the subject area is established to guide the consultant and review the synthesis report.
For each topic the project objectives are (1) to locate and assemble documented information; (2) to learn what practice has been used for solving or alleviating the problems; (3) to identify all ongoing research; (4) to learn what problems remain largely unsolved; (5) to organize, evaluate, and document the useful information that is acquired; and (6) to disseminate the synthesis information to all who might benefit from it.
Each synthesis is an immediately useful document that records practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation.
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