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
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2edc70f51eb55e06a7caff321257ac7dade34da0a78f062098cf49e5a3addf05
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27553/dot_27553_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 250.81 KB ]