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Alashwal, A M and Fong, P S (2015) Empirical Study to Determine Fragmentation of Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Albert, A, Hallowell, M R, Lingard, H and Kleiner, B M (2015) Multiple Baseline Testing: Experimental Method for Drawing Causal Inferences in Construction Engineering and Management Research. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Ballesteros-Pérez, P, Skitmore, M, Das, R and del Campo-Hitschfeld, M L (2015) Quick Abnormal-Bid-Detection Method for Construction Contract Auctions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Bowen, P, Govender, R, Edwards, P, Cattell, K and Street, A (2015) Factors Determining South African Construction Workers’ Prejudice towards and Discrimination against HIV+ Persons. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
El-Gafy, M and Abdelhamid, T (2015) Impact of I/D Contracts Used for Expediting Michigan’s Road Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Incentive/disincentive; Innovative contracting; Accepted for traffic; Interim completion; Lane rental; Road user cost; Quantitative methods;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000977
- Abstract:
The Michigan DOT (MDOT) has been using monetary incentive/disincentive (I/D) payments/penalties to accelerate highway construction work. This paper examines whether the I/D for expediting construction captures the true cost (user delay savings versus actual I/D dollars) and identifies its impacts on the long-term pavement performance for projects that have been expedited. Data were collected and analyzed on projects built through acceleration techniques and similar projects, constructed under standard contract means from 1998 to 2012. The analyzed data statistically supports an improvement in the long-term project performance for incentive projects and suggests a trend that incentive clauses accelerate project schedules. Additionally, data analysis statistically supports the concept that incentive clauses increase project cost yet further analysis finds that the avoided user delay was higher than the additional paid cost for some incentive clauses. The analysis results highlight the effectiveness of accepted for traffic and interim completion incentive/disincentive clauses; they also debate the effectiveness of the lane rental incentive/disincentive clauses, in accelerating project schedules, and reducing user delay cost for MDOT. In summary, the explicit contribution to the body of knowledge that this paper claims is to propose a research procedure that could be used to examine the impact of I/D contracts for expediting road construction work. Additionally, the paper sheds some lights on Michigan I/D practices and their impact that could motivate other practitioners to evaluate their own I/D practices.
Feng, Y (2015) Mathematical Models for Determining the Minimum Level of Voluntary Safety Investments for Building Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Goh, Y M and Wang, Q (2015) Investigating the Adequacy of Horizontal Lifeline System Design through Case Studies from Singapore. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Lee, S, Tae, S, Jee, N and Shin, S (2015) LDA-Based Model for Measuring Impact of Change Orders in Apartment Projects and Its Application for Prerisk Assessment and Postevaluation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Mahalingam, A, Yadav, A K and Varaprasad, J (2015) Investigating the Role of Lean Practices in Enabling BIM Adoption: Evidence from Two Indian Cases. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).
Tsai, J and Chi, C S F (2015) Learning for Win-Win Collaboration. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(07).