ESCALATION

This paper discusses the question of whether road building contracts should include escalation clauses and what level of risk there should be in a unit price road building contract. Escalation is discussed in terms of both Provincial and municipal road building contracts. /RTAC/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Annual Conference held in Calgary, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Allen, G F
• Conference:
  • This paper was presented at the Annual Conference held in Calgary, 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13-18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Contracts; Prices; Regional planning; Road construction
• Old TRIS Terms: Unit prices
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148122
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report Number 3 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM