COMPUTERS SLASH WEEKS FROM I-595 SCHEDULE

Coordination of the $1.2-billion I-595 Port Everglades Expressway Project in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was accomplished with the help of new project management software. The microprocessor-driven system allowed managers to look closely at the project's details and cut several contracts' durations as much as a year. Better contract change processing also slashed approval time by 10 weeks. The I-595 Expressway in Broward County, Florida, is 13.4 miles of urban highway peppered with multilevel interchanges, including three four-level interchanges. More than 15 million cu. yd. of embankment will be placed along more than 300 lane miles or roadway. Ninety-three bridges are planned for the six-year project. The management challenge was to plan construction sequences, monitor progress and costs, track shop-drawing reviews, and manage contract changes and cost/delay claim analysis to keep the project on schedule.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Stewart, L
• Publication Date: 1989-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 46-48
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Construction industry; Construction management; Expressways; Freeways; Information processing; Interchanges; Microprocessors; Project management; Software; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban freeways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485349
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM