SURFACE TRANSPORTATION: STATES ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING

This report responds to a request for information on design-build contracting and supplements information presented in the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) testimony of March 6, 1997 (GAO/T-RCED-97-83). The report provides information on (1) the extent to which states have used design-build contracting under the Federal Highway Administration's pilot project to test and evaluate this new approach to procurement; (2) the advantages, cited by proponents, of this approach over traditional contracting and the conditions under which the approach can be applied to highway projects; and (3) the obstacles to using the approach for highway projects.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

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  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 1997-4-29

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Construction projects; Contracting; Costs; Design build; Hazards; Highways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738012
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO/RCED-97-138R, B-275886
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1997 12:00AM