FEDERAL DESIGN-BUILD REGS LIMIT INNOVATIVE CONTRACTING

Increasingly, public agencies are relying on design-build and public-private partnerships as tools to accelerate delivery of and obtain financing for needed transport infrastructure. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), through its recently published final rule on Design-Build-Contracting, has succeeded in expanding the potential for use of these tools in certain respects but, unfortunately, has also placed significant limitations on the ability of state and local agencies to use them. This article discusses the potential implications of this new FHWA rule for transport-related contracting and procurement, which was adopted for the purpose of implementing federal legislation enacted in 1998 as part of TEA-21.

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  Public Works Financing

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• Authors:
  • Smith, N C
• Publication Date: 2003-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 24-27
• Serial:
  • Public Works Financing
  • Volume: 169
  • Publisher: Public Works Financing
  • ISSN: 1068-0748

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Design build; Financing; Infrastructure; Procurement; Public private partnerships; Regulations
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Law; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00938302
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 2003 12:00AM