Review of Alternate Bid Tenders for Canadian Highway Construction Projects with Life Cycle Cost Component

The use of alternate bids with life cycle cost as part of the tender process for pavement choice evaluation has been evolving in Canada since the first contract was tendered in 2001. The purpose of this paper is to review the history of alternate tenders in congruence with life cycle costs that were originally begun in Ontario with the Life Cycle Cost study of 1995 and then will proceed to identify and consider when undergoing a life cycle cost analysis (LCCA). The use of equivalent bids, selection of accurate maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) schedules, selection of discount rate, inclusion of user costs, and inclusion of sustainability issues are all key factors in LCCA. This paper will also discuss the advantages that come with the utilization of a two pavement system (asphalt and concrete) and will provide details on the nine alternate bid tenders called in Canada since 2001 including, but not limited to, Highway 101 in Nova Scotia; Highway 410, Highway 417 East and West, and three sections of Highway 401 in Ontario; and Deerfoot Trail and Anthony Henday Drive in Alberta, and will discuss some of their details, including asphalt and concrete pavement structures, maintenance and rehabilitation schedules, tender costs for the two pavement structures, life cycle cost analysis period and discount rates used in the analysis.

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  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • Smith, Tim
  • Fung, Rico
• Conference:
  • Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada, 2006. Congres et exposition annuels de l'Association des transport du Canada, 2006.
  • Location: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island , Canada
  • Date: 2006-9-17 to 2006-9-20
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 23p
• Monograph Title: Transportation without Boundaries

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Bids; Concrete pavements; Highway maintenance; Life cycle costing; Rehabilitation; Road construction; Tenders
• Uncontrolled Terms: Discount rates
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038721
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781551872250
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:07AM