THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CRITICAL PATH

The critical path method has been increasingly used as an administrative and legal tool rather than as a planning instrument. The writer claims that this evolution has made its planning function of little use to the contractor, using the contract clause of the Federal Government regarding the method of determining allowable contract delay as an illustration. It is asserted that this clause greatly increases the contractors' responsibilities for planning, at the expense of efficient construction management.

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• Authors:
  • Royer, K
• Publication Date: 1986-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 220-225
• Serial:
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Volume: 112
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9364
  • EISSN: 1943-7862
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jcemd4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Contractors; Contracts; Critical path method; Economic efficiency; Federal government; Liability; Traffic delays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Economics; Highways; Law; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459457
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE Paper 20663
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:45AM