Synthesis of innovative contracting strategies used for routine and preventive maintenance contracts.

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• Alternative Title:
  Research project title: Synthesis study on innovative contract techniques for routine and preventive maintenance contracts
• Creators:
  Menches, Cindy L. ; Khwaja, Nabeel ; Chen, Juan
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway maintenance
  • Maintenance
  • Contracting out
  • Roads--Maintenance and repair--Contracting out--Texas
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-10/0-6388-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• 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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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6388
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18279/dot_18279_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.81 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:88359f36c3503af6d092010b0b5c5c6fb3fc5c2aff47fdcbdd17f7257dbbd438