Alternative Project Delivery Systems: Applications and Legal Limits in Transportation Projects

This paper presents results of a comprehensive survey of the legal codes of all 50 states in the United States regarding alternative project delivery systems in transportation projects. In the past decade, there has been a surge of legislation allowing state transportation officials much more flexibility regarding the choice of project delivery systems. These delivery systems are usually selected based on a combination of price and quality. Specific delivery systems studied herein are Design-Build, Construction Management at Risk, and Public-Private-Partnership. The background and history of the emergence of these new delivery systems are examined in this paper. Research showed that in many states, alternative delivery systems may be allowed but with specific restrictions. For each state, all of these delivery systems have been researched and placed into one of the following distinguishable categories: 1) fully authorized; 2) authorized but needs extra approvals; 3) authorized for a pilot program and/or with some limitations; 4) not authorized. The output of the survey provides valuable snapshots of the status of each delivery system in regard to its legality in different parts of the country as of December 2006. Comparing results of this survey with prior surveys shows the trend is to allow states more flexibility in the choice of project delivery systems.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from ASCE
• Authors:
  • Ghavamifar, Kamran
  • Touran, Ali
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 106-111
• Serial:
  • Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1052-3928
  • EISSN: 1943-5541
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jpepe3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Construction projects; Design build; Logistics; Project management; Road construction; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Project delivery systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087888
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 11:42AM