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Title:

A Case Study of Utility Coordination Within Design–Build Procurement

Accession Number:

01658928

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Utility Coordination is the active effort to communicate, share information, and interact productively with all applicable stakeholders regarding the utility involvement, adjustment, and relocation during all phases (planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance) of the delivery of a transportation project. (1) There are many resources available discussing the effective practices of utility coordination but they are catered to utility coordination within traditional (design-bid-build) project delivery. State transportation agencies (STAs) are adopting several alternative delivery mechanisms such as design-build, cost-plus time, lane rental, and construction management/general contractor (CM/GC) which present new challenges to utility coordination efforts. There is very little documentation, guidance, and support for utility coordination specific to these alternative delivery methods. A recent national synthesis found there was a need for improvement in understanding utility coordination needs within alternative delivery methods. (2) This paper uses data collected from this national survey, a small group study, and interviews to present some of the new challenges related to utility coordination within design-build procurement. Additionally, a case study of the utility coordination on the Louisville Southern Indiana Ohio Rivers Bridges project provides the perspective of two states (Kentucky and Indiana) conducting utility coordination on two subprojects procured by different approaches (design-build and public private partnership) within one major project. This case presents that utility coordination is heavily impacted by contracting method and it was shown that best practices are not universally applicable across varying contract delivery mechanisms.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFB70 Standing Committee on Utilities.

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-04512

Language:

English

Authors:

Sturgill, Roy E
Taylor, Timothy R B
Dadi, Gabe B
Li, Ying

Pagination:

6p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References

Geographic Terms:

Indiana; Kentucky

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Construction; Transportation (General)

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-04512

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 11:06AM