CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION: TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE IN EUROPE

In June 2001 a team comprising Federal, State, contracting, legal, and academic representatives traveled to Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and England to investigate and document alternative contract administration procedures for possible implementation in the United States. The scan team discovered that European highway agencies appear to be better at exploiting the efficiencies and resources that the private sector offers, through the use of innovative financing, alternative contracting techniques, design-build, concessions, performance contracting, and active asset management. European agencies have created contracts that focus on the users, while seeking to allocate risk appropriately and establish an atmosphere of trust in the implementation of procedures. The United States can directly and immediately employ many European procedures to help cope with its most urgent transportation needs.

• Record URL:
  http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/contractadmin/contractadmin.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48836
• Corporate Authors:

  American Trade Initiatives

  P.O. Box 8228
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22306-8228

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of International Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cox, D O
  • Molenaar, K R
  • Ernzen, J J
  • Henk, G
  • Matthews, T C
  • SMITH, N
  • Levy, A
  • Williams, R C
  • Gee, F
  • Kolb, J
  • Sanderson, L
  • Whited, G C
  • Wight, J W
  • Yakowenko, G
• Publication Date: 2002-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Concessions; Contract administration; Contracting; Design build; Financing; Highway departments; Innovation; Performance; Private enterprise; Public private partnerships; Technology
• Geographic Terms: England; Europe; France; Netherlands; Portugal; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936890
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-03-002
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM