Comparing in-house staff and consultant costs for highway design and construction.

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  CTC & Associates LLC
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Contracting out
  • Decision making
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  California. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Innovation
• Abstract:
  In May 2011, the Senate Standing Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review added language to the budget ; bill that requires Caltrans to commission an independent study of the costs and benefits of hiring ; consultants to address temporary increases in workload. ; As part of its preparations to commission the independent study, Caltrans wishes to know what research ; has already been carried out comparing the costs for contracted firms versus the costs for state department ; of transportation (DOT) staff to conduct the same activities related to highway design and construction. ; To aid in this effort, this Preliminary Investigation aims to synthesize completed and in-process national- ; and state-related research that compares the cost of outsourcing highway design and construction ; activities with the cost of completing those tasks with in-house staff. We also explore intangible costs and ; consider possible trends.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27553/dot_27553_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 250.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2edc70f51eb55e06a7caff321257ac7dade34da0a78f062098cf49e5a3addf05