Title: The Benefits of an Owner's Engineer in ITS Design/Build Projects
Abstract: Public agencies are under increasing pressure to find new and innovative ways to improve efficiency in the delivery of capital projects, including intelligent transportation systems projects. Especially in light of the global recession, government project managers are also constantly being challenged to deliver more capital projects with less internal human resources. The design-build (DB) approach offers an excellent opportunity to achieve successful projects in this context. By shifting more of the design responsibility (and, thus, risk) to the DB contractor, design-build can offer many benefits to owner agencies, such as accelerated deployment, reduced costs, and innovative design. However, fully realizing these benefits requires a government agency to shift away from many aspects of the traditional design-bid-build approach that they are familiar with. For agencies new to DB, this is a daunting prospect. Intelligent transportation system (ITS) projects and other projects that involve technology only add to the challenge. The inclusion of an experienced owner’s engineer within the DB team can alleviate these concerns and further advance the benefits of the DB project delivery approach, both for agencies that are new to DB as well as those with an established track record of successful design-build projects.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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