Title: BALANCING FORCE-ACCOUNT WORK WITH CONTRACTED MAINTENANCE
Abstract: The state legislature has mandated that 25% of the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation's (TSDHPT's) general maintenance work must be done by contractors beginning with the current budget cycle. This means an increase in contract maintenance to over $100 million this year, which is up by two thirds from the 1988 level of $60 million. A computer-based Maintenance Efficiency Analysis and Reporting System (MEARS) is now being developed that will compare the cost of force account work with contract prices. It is expected that where the activity is labor intensive, such as litter collection, mowing, guardrail maintenance and pavement marker installation, money can be saved by contracting it out. But where a specialized, skilled crew is needed, or where a large capital outlay is required for equipment, it is expected that it will be more economical to do the work in-house. This article includes a brief review of the TSDHPT's computerization of its highway maintenance data beginning in the early 1980s.
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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