Consultants for DOT preconstruction engineering work.

Author(s)
Witheford, D.K.
Year
Abstract

This synthesis report describes current practice in contracting with consultants for DOT preconstruction engineering work. The synthesis documents the practices in all stages involved with obtaining consulting services, from the initial designation of projects for consultant work to project completion and acceptance procedures. The study also collected the views of selected consultants on DOT practices. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on the history and trends in outsourcing of preconstruction engineering activities and compares current levels with those found a decade earlier. The steps in the procurement and management of consulting services are provided in detail. These include deciding on when and what to contract out and the selection, negotiation, and consultant management activities that follow. Finally, the appendixes contain numerous samples of collected forms and procedures used by a variety of states to accomplish this work. (A)

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991462 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., National Research Council NRC, Transportation Research Board TRB / National Academy Press, 1999, 116 p., 26 ref.; National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCHRP, Synthesis of Highway Practice ; Report 277 / NCHRP Project 20-5 FY 1996 (Topic 29-06) - ISSN 0547-5570 / ISBN 0-309-06856-8

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