Download or read book A Process for Determining Construction Contract Duration for Highway Projects written by Christopher Matthew Bollig and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes a process for estimating the construction contract time for highway projects. The process developed uses the critical path method (CPM) to assess complex, non-repetitive construction items, while at the same time, assessing horizontal, repetitive construction items with the linear scheduling method. This is chiefly done by the identification of strategic sequencing options and critical-path-limited scoping of the model.
Download or read book Determination of Contract Time for Highway Construction Projects written by Zohar J. Herbsman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthesis will be of interest to highway administrators; design, construction, and specification engineers; project schedulers; and highway construction contractors. The synthesis describes the state of the practice with respect to procedures used throughout the United States and other countries to determine highway construction contract time, with emphasis on new methods in use. Transportation agencies must set reasonable times for completion of construction projects. Factors to be considered in determining contract time include materials, equipment, labor, cost, and constraints such as weather, traffic conditions, utilities location, and user convenience. This report of the Transportation Research Board covers the still pertinent procedures from NCHRP Synthesis 79: Contract Time Determination (e. g., critical path methods, linear scheduling, bar charts) as well as new methods in use (e.g., A + B methods, lane rental, flexible time-to- start). In addition to information on various methods to determine contract time, information on issues related to implementing procedures for contract time determination, from both agency and contractor perspective, is included.
Download or read book Construction Contract Time Determination written by Donn E. Hancher and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Project Duration written by Khader I. Abu Al-eis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Determination of Contract Time Durations for ISHC Highway Construction Projects written by James E. Rowings and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Determination of INDOT Highway Construction Production Rates and Estimation of Contract Times written by Yi Jiang and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing a Systematic Approach for Determining Construction Contract Time written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excessive contract time is costly because it extends a construction crew’s exposure to traffic, prolongs the inconvenience to the public, and subjects motorists to less than desirable safety conditions for longer periods. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 298: Developing a Systematic Approach for Determining Construction Contract Time seeks to provide a systematic approach for determining construction contract time for a wide spectrum of highway projects. The document is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 979:Systematic Approach for Determining Construction Contract Time: A Guidebook.
Download or read book Contract Time Optimization Methodologies for Highway Construction Projects written by Yi Jiang and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was conducted to develop methodologies for appropriately determining the monetary values of I/D rates of highway construction projects in Indiana. In this study, a comprehensive literature review was performed to identify possible effective methodologies for work zone effects, construction impacts, and contract time optimization. The highway production rates were developed in a previous study. The production rates were validated and adjusted with the help from INDOT field engineers. The weigh-in-motion (WIM) collected traffic data were obtained, processed, and analyzed to provide input data for user cost calculations at highway work zones. Construction data were obtained and processed to develop the relationship between the construction cost and construction time. With the traffic and construction data, the methods for user cost calculations were developed as the basis of determining appropriate I/D rates. User costs resulting from traffic delays at Indiana highway work zones were analyzed. A series of equations for estimating user costs at work zones were developed. User cost calculation sheets using MS Excel were developed based on the traffic data on Indiana highway network. Finally, a method was developed to determine I/D rates based on the relationship between construction cost and construction time in combination with the estimated user costs at given work zones. Guidelines for developing A+B bidding and I/D provisions were provided.
Download or read book Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning Programming and Preconstruction written by Stuart D. Anderson and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 574: Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction explores approaches to cost estimation and management designed to overcome the root causes of cost escalation and to support the development of consistent and accurate project estimates through all phases of the development process, from long-range planning, through priority programming, and through project design. NCHRP Web-Only Document 98 details the steps followed by the research team in the development of NCHRP Report 574"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Practices for Establishing Contract Completion Dates for Highway Projects written by Timothy R. B. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishing contract time is an important part of the highway project development process. Contract time directly impacts project costs, the public, and risk for contractors. This synthesis documents current methodologies and procedures used in state transportation agencies to estimate contract time for various highway project delivery methods. Information used in this study was gathered through a literature review and a survey of state transportation agencies. Follow-up interviews with selected agencies provided additional information. Timothy R.B. Taylor, Roy E. Sturgill, Jr., and Ying Li, University of Kentucky, Lexington, collected and synthesized the information and wrote the report. The members of the topic panel are acknowledged on the preceding page. This synthesis is an immediately useful document that records the practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. As progress in research and practice continues, new knowledge will be added to that now at hand."--PDF page 5.
Download or read book Systematic Approach for Determining Construction Contract Time written by H. David Jeong and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contract time affects the cost of construction, traffic disruption and public inconvenience, the economic impact of projects to the surrounding areas, and schedule risks. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 979: Systematic Approach for Determining Construction Contract Time: A Guidebook provides state departments of transportation guidance for producing consistently credible, reliable, and defensible contract time estimates. Supplemental to the report is NCHRP Web-Only Document 298: Developing a Systematic Approach for Determining Construction Contract Time, a spreadsheet-based Toolkit, a Technical Memorandum, and a Presentation.
Download or read book Determination of Contract Time for Highway Construction Projects written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Contracting ITS Projects written by Kenneth R. Marshall and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2006 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 560: Guide to Contracting ITS Projects provides guidance on the procurement of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), including variable message signs, traffic detectors, signal controllers, and a variety of other hardware and software that entails applications of advanced electronics and information management to regulate and facilitate traffic flow. The report highlights best practices and recommends contracting strategies and contract types, terms, and conditions for ITS development, integration, system acceptance, warranty, maintenance, and upgrade. The research team that produced NCHRP Report 560 has also prepared NCHRP Web-Only Document 85: Considerations for a Guide to Contracting ITS Projects that describes their work and many interim results that may be of value to other researchers and professionals facing ITS procurement issues. In addition, the researchers developed an on-line tool that applies the NCHRP Report 560's decision-making process"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Time related Incentive and Disincentive Provisions in Highway Construction Contracts written by Gary J. Fick and published by Transportation Research Board National Research. This book was released on 2010 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report will be of interest to state and local highway agency construction managers and contractors with regard to learning about best practices of time-related incentive and disincentive contract provisions and their effect on staffing levels, productivity, project cost, quality, contract administration, and the contractor's operations and innovations. The report also presents a decision process guide to use as a template for crafting the incentive/disincentive provisions.
Download or read book Project Management for Construction written by Chris Hendrickson and published by Chris Hendrickson. This book was released on 1989 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan written by Nicholas D. Antonucci and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2005 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development and Application of a Production Rate Resource for Contract Time Determination written by Roberto Leandro Oramas and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Production rates are significantly important for contract time determination procedures as these are essential for estimating the duration of every activity needed to complete a highway construction project. For this reason, many estimation systems, including Texas Department of Transportation’s Contract Time Determination System (TXCTDS), explicitly depict production rate data of work items considered important in highway construction projects. Though many systems and databases available in the public domain provide an abundance of production rate data, they provide different rates for comparable work items. This research focusses on the development of the Production Rate Resource, a single, easy to use reference of production rate data gathered from publicly available sources intended to be used by TXDOT contract time estimators. The resource was developed by gathering production rate information through conducting a literature review and organizing the found data into a well assembled Excel workbook. This arrangement contains Excel sheet tabs depicting the resource’s introduction, details of the included production rate sources, a summary of the included work items and their respective production rate data, and item worksheet tabs portraying the gathered production rate data for each work item. These item worksheets also contain production rate averages, graphs that allow comparison and analysis of the data through visual aid, and specific scope information provided by the original sources. A recommended process based on the critical path method (CPM) was also developed for conducting a contract time determination using the Production Rate Resource. The gathered production rate data was then tested by conducting two contract time estimations of actual TXDOT highway construction projects using the recommended process. The results were compared with TXDOT’s contract estimations for an in-depth analysis, and the findings led to significant improvements to the resource. The final assembly of the Production Rate Resource provides production rate data for 59 highway construction work items provided by six publicly available sources.
