NSU Research Contributions

Title : Application of Performance Based System in the Pavement Contracting

Authors : Dean T. Kashiwagi, Javed Bari, and Bevan Sullivan

Abstract : The demands and reliance upon the American pavement system for mobility and commerce have increased substantially over the past few decades. The pavement owners (mainly the public sector) are struggling with inefficient pavement management, decreasing budgets, inefficient work force, and increased risk. The pavement industry is usually run through the low bid contracting system, which has the built-in problems in meeting budget, time, and quality. The low bid contracting system has difficulty in addressing performance issues. Current contracting practices in the pavement industry were critically investigated. They were ranked according to their mode of practice. The Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) and Design-Build-Maintain (Operate) came out as the two highest ranking contracting systems, respectively. Applicability of these two top ranking systems in the arena of the pavement industry was critically analyzed. It is envisioned that the pavement industry can improve paving quality by continuing to test and implement best-value systems.

Journal :	Volume :	Year : April 8-12, 2003.	Issue :
Pages : 303-314	City : Clemson, South Carolina, USA	Edition :	Editors :
Publisher : Associated Schools of Construction (ASC), USA	ISBN :	Book :	Chapter :
Proceeding Title : Associated Schools of Construction (ASC), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference	Institution :	Issuer :	Number :