CONSULTANTS FOR DOT PRECONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING WORK

This synthesis report will be of interest to department of transportation (DOT) preconstruction engineering supervisors and program managers, contract administrators, and project managers. It will also be of interest to engineering consultants who do work for state DOTs. It describes current practice in contracting with consultants for DOT preconstruction engineering work. The synthesis documents the practices in all stages involved with obtaining consulting services, from the initial designation of projects for consultant work to project completion and acceptance procedures. The study also collected the views of selected consultants on DOT practices. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on the history and trends in outsourcing of preconstruction engineering activities and compares current levels with those found a decade earlier. The steps in the procurement and management of consulting services are provided in detail. These include deciding on when and what to contract out and the selection, negotiation, and consultant management activities that follow. Finally, the appendixes contain numerous samples of collected forms and procedures used by a variety of states to accomplish this work.

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• Authors:
  • Witheford, D K
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 122 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 277
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Consultants; Contracting out; Engineering; Forms; Literature reviews; Management; Procurement; State departments of transportation; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Preconstruction engineering
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00767670
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309068568
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-5 FY 1996,, Topic 29-06
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 1999 12:00AM