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Current practices to set and monitor DBE goals on design-build projects and other alternative project delivery methods /

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 481: Current Practices to Set and Monitor DBE Goals on Design-Build Projects and Other Alternative Project Delivery Methods synthesizes current practices and challenges that state departments of transportation (DOTs) fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keen, David J. (Author), Edinger, Linsay (Author), Wiener, Keith (Author), Salcedo, Ed (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (sponsoring body.), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2015.
Series:Synthesis of highway practice ; 481.
Subjects:
Road construction contracts > United States.
Project management > United States.
State transportation agencies > United States > Management.
Minority business enterprises > United States.
Women-owned business enterprises > United States.
Transportation and state > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • chapter 1. Introduction
  • chapter 2. Use of alternative delivery methods by state departments of transportation
  • chapter 3. Application of traditional disadvantaged business enterprise contract goals to alternative delivery method projects
  • chapter 4. New approaches for applying disadvantaged business enterprise contract goals
  • chapter 5. Approaches to applying disadvantaged business enterprise goals to construction manager at risk and construction manager/general contractor methods
  • chapter 6. Conclusions
  • Glossary of terms and acronyms
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • appendix A. Structured telephone interview guide for state departments of transportation
  • appendix B. Sample RFP language for DBE contract goals for design build (North Carolina Department of Transportation design-build project from 2013)
  • appendix C. Sample DBE plan submitted by proposer in response to a design-build RFP (Texas Department of Transportation design-build project from 2013)
  • appendix D. Sample DBE and workforce/EEO project plans submitted by proposers in response to a design-build RFP (the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project, a collaboration between the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Indiana DOT)
  • appendix E. Virginia Department of Transportation special provisions pertaining to DBE program for design-build
  • appendix F. Minnesota DOT disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) special provisions for design-build projects.