AN INITIAL EVALUATION OF DESIGN-BUILD HIGHWAY PROJECTS PERFORMED BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Design-Build has been an effective contracting method in the private and public arenas. State departments of transportation (DOTs) have used this contracting method on various projects for a variety of reasons. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has used this contract delivery method on a few projects with mixed responses from those involved in the process. INDOT therefore felt that an evaluation of the Design-Build program was appropriate to determine its future use in Indiana. This report gives an historical perspective of Design-Build and how the program has been received and perceived by INDOT; describes the project's survey and the data collected from the designer and contractor perspectives; relates the experiences of other DOTs with Design-Build; provides a somewhat limited comparison with the Design-Bid-Build approach; and makes recommendations for INDOT's future Design-Build practices.

• Record URL:
  http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1490&context=jtrp
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• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  100 N Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tymvios, N M
  • McCullouch, B G
  • Sinha, K C
• Publication Date: 2002-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 117 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design build; Evaluation and assessment; Recommendations; State departments of transportation; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Research; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960080
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JTRP-2002/21,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: SPR-2497
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 14 2003 12:00AM