DESIGN/BUILD FOR SIX BRIDGES IN NEW YORK CITY: AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS

CONCEPTION/CONSTRUCTION DE SIX PONTS DANS LA VILE DE NEW YORK: UN PROCESSUS INNOVATEUR

Recently, state departments of transportation and other agencies have exhibited great interest in exploring the desing/build concept as an alternative contracting/project delivery system for highway and bridge projects. In fact, in the last few years many agencies, including the Federal Highway and the U.S. Department of Transportation, have employed the design/build approach on an experimental basis. In 1993, The New York City Department of Transportation selected six bridges in Brooklyn and Queens as the pilot design/build project for the City. Coincidentally, it was also the first design/build project for bridge construction in New York State. The main objective in implementing the design/build concept for this particular project was to accelerate the schedule for the replacement and rehabilitation of these six badly deteriorated concrete bridges. The project was quite successful in that considerable cost savings were achieved, and the original of reducing total construction time was realized. Neither benefit would have been attainable if the project had been approached as a conventional design-bid-construct effort.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec

  125 rue Sherbrooke ouest
  Montreal H2X 1X4,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Weissman, S
  • Abdou, S
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Northeast Association of State transportation Officials
  • Location: Quebec, Canada
  • Date: 1997-6-7 to 1997-6-11
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 271-275

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arch bridges; Bridge construction; Bridges; Concrete bridges; Construction; Design; Innovation; Pilot studies
• Old TRIS Terms: Concrete bridge structures; Pilot study
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00753491
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 9 1998 12:00AM