Abstract: Costs, change orders, and schedule performances of highway projects built using the design-bid-build (DBB) method by state departments of transportation have been tracked for more than five decades. As technology improves, ...

Abstract: Research has shown that maintaining confidentiality is critical to creating an environment where competing design-builders feel comfortable disclosing innovative alternative technical concepts (ATCs) during the procurement ...

Abstract: State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) require reliable early construction cost estimates for project budgeting. Typically, project budgets are established early in the development process before finalizing a project’s ...