Abstract: In response to problems of cumbersome regulations and understaffed public agencies, governments have worked to simplify procurement statutes and streamline processes. One of the most widely used simplified processes in the ...

Abstract: Public sector procurement policies are traditionally designed to encourage open competition to ensure a fair price. Yet many public agencies also deliberately use procurement strategies, such as contract types, delivery ...

Abstract: A best practice tool to enhance design-build best-value procurements is stipends, yet there is very little literature dedicated to this topic. Cited benefits of stipends include incentivizing the level of effort put forth ...

Abstract: Controlling construction change orders and associated cost growth can be a challenge for highway agencies and is a topic of interest for both practitioners and researchers. Change-order management is particularly crucial ...

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine how a real-world, sustainability-focused engineering capstone course affected students’ critical thinking skills, student knowledge of sustainability, and student and faculty ...