MINIMIZING ADVERSARY CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE EISENHOWER MEMORIAL TUNNEL, SECOND BORE

The Colorado Division of Highways awarded the contract for the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, second bore, in August 1975, and the project was completed on schedule in June 1979. This difficult underground construction project was built without major claims or delays. The contract included the changed-condition clause and other provisions for cancellation, quantity variation, and time extension. The contract included new provisions for this state government agency, including a provision for the establishment of a review board for settlement of claims and disputes. A second provision was the requirement that contractor's bid documents be presented with the bid and held in escrow for use in determining adjustments. The division's design for the tunnel was well done and the division maintained responsibility for the design. The contract kept contractual adversary relations to a minimum. It was well administered by the division and the work was well managed by the contractor. Reasonable people, working under this contract, successfully accomplished a difficult project. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Poulsen Jr, H Ray
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 19-23
• Monograph Title: Contractual Relationships: An Essential Ingredient of the Quality-Assurance System and Other Quality-Control Papers
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 792
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracts; Hazards; Litigation; Minimization; Risk assessment; Structural design; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341151
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032067
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM