01637977

Monograph

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/175825.aspx

This is a study of holistic approaches to maximizing the benefits of time and cost savings when delivering transportation programs, rather than delivering individual projects. A broader approach to delivering transportation programs might include combining winning strategies, taking an all-inclusive approach to project delivery, implementing a project management culture, improving delivery processes, and enhancing communication across the organization. A considerable amount of published research has focused on the process of selecting an optimal project delivery method, but there is a lack of research that documents how implementing a variety of delivery methods strategically for a program of projects can improve the delivery of the entire program. The study methodology consisted of four main steps: a literature review, survey of departments of transportation (DOTs), content analyses of state guidelines and manuals, and case examples. The study found that a holistic approach to program delivery is still relatively new to most state DOTs. Ninety percent of the agencies studied in this synthesis select project delivery methods on a project-by-project basis for programs. The benefits of strategic program delivery include: accelerated delivery; increased control of scope, schedule, and cost; flexibility in innovation and in reassessing and reassigning risk; improved relationships with contractors and industry; more choices in funding and delivery methods; and effective management and leveraging of resources.

Project 20-05 (Topic 47-06)

English

113p

2017

NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice

9780309389914

Digital/other

Appendices; Figures; References; Tables

Programming (Planning); Project delivery; Project management; Strategic planning

Administration and Management; Construction; Highways

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 15 2017 9:54AM