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Title: QUALITY CONTROL IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS
Accession Number: 00238688
Record Type: Component
Abstract: EACH OF THE PARTIES IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING PROJECTS HAS RESPONSIBILITIES TO THOSE WITH WHOM HE HAS AN IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. THESE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DETERMINED PRIMARILY BY THE TERMS OF PARTIES' WRITTEN CONTRACTS. THE MATTER OF ASSURING THAT CONSTRUCTION IS PERFORMED ACCORDING TO ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF QUALITY IS CUSTOMARILY COVERED BY CONTRACT AND CERTAIN DOCTRINES OF LAW. THE IMPORTANCE IS DISCUSSED OF SPECIFICATIONS IN HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND IN QUALITY CONTROL. THE CRITERIA OF QUALITY IS DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO: THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY AND TRADE PRACTICES. QUALITY CONTROL MUST DEPEND UPON CONTRACT PROVISION FOR STORAGE AND HANDLING OF MATERIALS, INSPECTION PROCEDURE, AND ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES. THE CONTRACT LAW THAT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS ARE CONCERNED WITH IS LARGELY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION IS OFTEN DEFEATED BY THE STATE'S PROCEDURES FOR QUALITY CONTROL WHICH ARE UNREALISTIC, OR THE CONCEPT OF PRIVITY OF CONTRACT. TO IMPROVE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, THERE MUST BE SOME NEW AND SEARCHING STUDY OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THIS FUNCTION, AND A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT IT AND THE PUBLIC POLICIES IT SERVES.
Supplemental Notes: Paper presented at The Fifth Annual Workshop on Highway Law, University of Colorado, July 11-15, 1966. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410203
Report/Paper Numbers: No. 274
Authors: Dunbar, Duke WPagination: pp 28-34
Publication Date: 1969
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Terminals and Facilities
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM
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