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Title: Development of Decision Model for Selection of Appropriate Timely Delivery Techniques for Highway Projects
Accession Number: 01122130
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: On-time project performance is an important goal at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT); pressure from two key constituents—the state legislature and trucking interests—creates an even stronger focus on this goal. Currently, statistics indicate that less than 50% of ODOT projects are completed within their originally contracted time of performance. Further, project delay causes uncertainty about exactly when traffic delays may occur on a given stretch of highway and makes it difficult to alert the public of these delays far in advance. The primary umbrella method used to ensure on-time performance in standard ODOT contracting is liquidated damages. Often this amount is difficult to determine, so the assessment value is usually a matter of some judgment. In practice, liquidated damages is not seen as an effective incentive and is thus rarely assessed. Other contracting and management methods that focus on encouraging on-time performance have been identified but are used sporadically. Implementation of a system that creates better awareness of alternative schedule delivery methods and that provides a consistent method for choosing among these methods would improve ODOT’s schedule performance. Results are discussed of a research project (ODOT SPR-646) designed to enable development of a tool to assist in selection among various available alternative methods for ensuring timely project delivery, given a specific project profile, by using a selection model that is stable and scalable.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01138792
Report/Paper Numbers: 09-2891
Language: English
Authors: Sillars, David NPagination: pp 18-28
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780309126144
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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; References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction
Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 30 2009 7:15PM
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