Houston Contractor Nabs Hefty Performance Bonus

This article relates how a large incentive program and an unusual lane rental agreement encouraged contractors to complete the Interstate 10-610 interchange in Houston in record time and receive a hefty bonus. Incentive programs are not common in Texas. Neither is the rare lane rental method that allowed the contractor to close a lane during peak weekday hours and pay a dollar amount per lane per hour or choose to close a lane from 9pm to 5am for any number of days at no cost. Given the success with the Interstate 10-610 project, Texas Department of Transportation (DOT) expects to use similar approaches on future major projects.

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• Authors:
  • Cho, Aileen
• Publication Date: 2007-9-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p 22
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 259
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contractors; Incentives; Interchanges
• Identifier Terms: Interstate 10
• Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01077191
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 2007 8:56AM