Investigation of an innovative maintenance contracting strategy : the performance-based maintenance contract (PBMC).

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• Creators:
  Shrestha, P., ; Said, A. ; Shrestha, K.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Alternatives Analysis Benefit Cost Analysis Chip Seals Contractors Highway Maintenance Pavement Maintenance Street Cleaning Striping
• Publication/ Report Number:
  017-12-803
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Nevada
• Corporate Publisher:
  Nevada. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  One of the major responsibilities of state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) is to maintain their road assets so
  
  that road users can travel cost effectively, safely, and in a timely manner. Maintenance projects can be performed
  
  either by using the DOT’s own workforce or by outsourcing to private contractors. Recently, some state DOTs have
  
  started using performance-based contracting for maintenance projects. In this study, benefits of these types of
  
  maintenance contracts were collected by conducting a national survey. Moreover, this study compared the use of
  
  the state force (SF) and private contractors in Nevada regarding the cost and quality of such maintenance activities
  
  as chip seal, striping, culvert cleaning, and sweeping. Results showed that state DOTs were highly satisfied with
  
  work performed by the state force, followed by private contractors when using method-based contracting and
  
  performance-based contracting. The cost comparison showed that chip seal, striping, culvert cleaning, and street
  
  sweeping performed by SF was less expensive than when performed by private contractors. Similarly, the quality
  
  of chip seal, culvert cleaning, and street sweeping was better when performed by SF versus contractors. However,
  
  the quality of striping work performed by contractors using the performance-based contracting (PBC) method was
  
  better than when performed by the SF. Recommendations for future study include collecting comprehensive cost
  
  and quality data for stretches of roads that are similar.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e438bba296354adfddd1182de3db216da2f57084db611f60edc7bd62d1f38191
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29555/dot_29555_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.61 MB ]