WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY"S EXPERIENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN TUNNELING CONTRACTS

Each subsurface project must be given intense study, more subsurface data must be collected, and made available to bidders and ample time for design and review should be available. The early determination that there is or is not a differing site condition should be made only after a complete study at the Contracting Officer level where all elements of expertise are available. Audits are of major assitance to negotiators and adequate audit staff to keep up with the workload is esential. Contractual relationships are improved when construction management and technical inspection services are provided by other than the designer. The owner and the contractor must establish and maintain good public relations, otherwise poor contractual relations might develop.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, San Francisco, Calif., June 24-27, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum Engineers

  8307 Shaffer Parkway
  Littleton, CO  United States  80127-4012
• Authors:
  • Alldredge, W S
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, San Francisco, Calif., June 24-27, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1137-62
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction projects; Legal factors; Subways
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Law; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129115
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1981 12:00AM