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Creators:
El-Gafy, Mohamed
Corporate Creators:
Michigan State University
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Costs Disincentives Incentives Pavement Performance Road Construction Service Life Traffic Delay
Publication/ Report Number:
RC-1580
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Michigan
Corporate Publisher:
Michigan. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research Administration
Abstract:
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been using monetary incentive payments for many

years to accelerate highway construction work, resulting in reduced delays to the traveling public. It was

envisioned that incentive/disincentive (I/D) payments/penalties would capture the true cost (user delay savings

vs. actual I/D dollars) and would have positive impacts on the long-term pavement performance by extending

its expected life. Therefore, MDOT sponsored this research study to determine whether the I/D for expediting

construction captures the true cost and identify its impacts on the long-term pavement performance for projects

that have been expedited vs. conventional scheduling. The analyzed data statistically supports an improvement

in the long term project performance for the incentive projects. Also, identified data suggests a trend that incentive

clauses accelerate project schedules. Additionally, data analysis statistically supports the idea that incentive

clauses increase project cost but further analysis finds that the avoided user delay was higher than the additional

paid cost for some incentive clauses. The analysis results highlight the effectiveness of Accepted for Traffic and

Interim Completion incentive/ Disincentive clauses; they also debate the effectiveness of the lane rental incentive/

disincentive clauses, in achieving their goal by accelerating project schedules and reducing user delay cost. Also,

the report calls for little modification to the listed “Advantages and Disadvantages” and “Recommendations for

Use” of each acceleration technique in the 2013 MDOT Innovative Construction Contracting document.


Format:
PDF
Funding:
2010-0294
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:67cbb32ac3f5103e0278e8bb6267680539e11e5e0ab7a2b284991110cdf3c4e6
Download URL:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27040/dot_27040_DS1.pdf
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