Investigation into the impact of privatizing civil engineering operations in Louisiana DOTD.

Wilmot, Chester G.; Gudishala, Ravindra; Deis, Donald; Mokkapati, Aditya

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Investigation into the impact of privatizing civil engineering operations in Louisiana DOTD.

2013-06-01
By Wilmot, Chester G. ; Gudishala, Ravindra ; Deis, Donald

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Wilmot, Chester G. ; Gudishala, Ravindra ; Deis, Donald ; Mokkapati, Aditya
Corporate Creators:

Louisiana Transportation Research Center ; Louisiana State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA/LA.13/504
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Louisiana
Corporate Publisher:

Louisiana. Dept. of Transportation and Development
Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of privatizing all civil engineering operations in ; the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). It was investigated by ; conducting a national and international literature review and a cost analysis. Privatization of all civil ; engineering operations in a state DOT has not been attempted in the U.S. but several other countries ; have privatized their entire state transport agencies. Most foreign privatization efforts report cost ; savings and improved delivery of service. However, not all applications have succeeded and all express ; concern with one or more aspects of their application, resulting in the privatization process remaining a ; “work in progress” in most applications. In this study, the cost comparison of conducting all civil ; engineering operations in-house versus by the private sector resulted in an estimate of no cost savings ; from privatizing the civil engineering operations in DOTD. The privatization of the civil engineering ; operations of DOTD is not recommended, although it is recommended that opportunities to outsource ; more individual tasks in DOTD be investigated.
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13-9SS;30000840
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26019/dot_26019_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 2.66 MB]
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US Transportation Collection
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