Project status
Completed
Start date: 08/01/06
End date: 07/31/07
Researcher(s)
Principal investigator:
Other authors: Kelly Strong, Amr Kandil
Student researcher:
About the research
Innovative contracting methods are being constantly refined to meet the challenges facing state departments of transportation (DOTs) in their efforts to rehabilitate the nations infrastructure. These contracting methods emphasize best value practices and attempt to minimize construction cost and service disruptions to the traveling public. The importance of innovative contracting methods stems from the flexibility they offer to state DOTs in the procurement and delivery of construction. One innovative contracting method that appears to be underutilized is flexible start date contracts which allow contractors to schedule their work during dates that optimize schedules and minimize the public impact of their projects. The present paper describes an exploratory investigation of flexible start/fixed duration contracting. The paper presents the current practices of a number of state DOTs along with a case study of the Paseo Bridge rehabilitation project in Kansas City, Missouri. The results of this investigation demonstrated the advantages of flexible start/fixed duration contracting and its potential benefits in large transportation projects in urban settings.
Publications
Report: http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/smartwz/reports/2007-maze-flex-schedule.pdf (710 kb pdf) July 2007
Related publications:
- Giving contractors some flexibility in project timing 58 kb pdf (Technology News) Oct 2007
- Flexible Start/Fixed Duration Contracting: A Case Study 125 kb pdf (Tech transfer summary) Aug 2007
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):
- Midwest Transportation Consortium
- Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative