Evaluation of ways and procedures to reduce construction cost and increase competition.
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2009-01-01
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Alternative Title:Project title: Evaluations of ways and procedures to reduce construction cost and increase competition
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Edition:Technical report; Feb. 2007-Jan. 2008.
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Abstract:Construction cost inflation is affecting many state highway agencies including the Texas Department of
Transportation While some of this increase can be attributed to factors such as soaring cost of energy,
reports of large variations in cost of bid items among different districts indicate that the problem is more
complex. Indeed, there are many other factors affecting the recent increase in construction cost including
design requirements, work restrictions, bidding procedures, and competition. The goal of this research is to
identify these factors, or the root causes contributing to the increase in construction cost, and propose the
methods that can address them. The research approach is based on four sequential steps: identification of the
methods, collection of the data from the interim workshops, assessment of the impact of the methods on
adopted performance measures, and development of recommendations and guidelines on how to modify
construction projects to reduce or contain the construction cost while maintaining quality. The results from a
Delphi study show that the cost reduction methods (both on a project or program level) could be used to
reduce or contain the cost of highway construction.
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