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Synthesis of innovative contracting strategies used for routine and preventive maintenance contracts.
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2010-01-01
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Alternative Title:Research project title: Synthesis study on innovative contract techniques for routine and preventive maintenance contracts
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Abstract:In 2000, as the United States entered a new millennium, the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) challenged state highway agencies
(SHAs) to “focus on preserving and maintaining rather than expanding
our existing highway system” and to “make the system work better, run
more smoothly, and last longer” (Davies and Sorenson 2000). This call for action
resulted from a 1997 report to Congress, titled Status of the Nation's Surface
Transportation System: Condition and Performance, which reported that about 50%
of the nation’s rural highways and 60% of the nation‘s urban highways were rated
in fair to poor condition. During that same timeframe, the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) published their 1998 Report Card for America's Infrastructure
that assigned our nation’s roads a grade of a D-, which was a decline from their
previous 1988 grade of a C+. It was evident to the FHWA then, and continues to be
evident today, that the condition of our nation's highway infrastructure was
deteriorating.
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