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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/305/305-002.pdf

This article notes the need to establish acceptable parameters for the various types of work being performed, set minimum acceptable standards, and tailor a combination of effective methods and/or end-result specifications that will provide for the equipment manufacturers and construction industry to produce the desired results in the most efficient and cost effective manner. Different avenues which have led to the development of method specifications are described, and it is noted that method specifications have the potential of being too detailed and often redundant. Occasionally, method specification will only provide for the "how to's" and "with what's" and leave the engineering properties of the finished product to be acceptable with no testing. Equipment performance under method specifications has, over the years, generally been favorable. Cases where there may be a dispute over standards of performance, and a few other problems are discussed. The question is considered whether changes should be made in contract requirements which specify "methods."

Paper presented in a session on "The Economic Consequences of Constraints on the Use of Construction Equipment" at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 15, 1985. Paper was reviewed by the Committee on Construction Equipment of the Transportation Research Board's Group 2 Council on Design and Construction of Transportation Facilities. 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.

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1986-6

Transportation Research Circular

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Constraints; Construction equipment; Construction industry; Contracts; Cost effectiveness; Economic impacts; Industries; Methodology; Performance; Specifications

Administration and Management; Construction; Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods

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Sep 30 1986 12:00AM

• ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF CONSTRAINTS ON THE USE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS - END RESULT