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Proposed practice for alternative bidding of highway drainage systems /

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 801: Proposed Practice for Alternative Bidding of Highway Drainage Systems explores the application of a performance-based process for selection of drainage pipe systems. The selection process is based on satisfying perfor...

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Main Authors: Maher, Michael (Michael L. J.) (Author), Hebeler, Gregory, 1978- (Author), Fuggle, Andrew (Author), Caywood, Colby L. (Author), Avery, Kenneth R. (Author), VanKerkhove, Joseph (Author), Moore, Ian D. (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:Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 801.
Subjects:
Road drainage > United States > Design and construction.
Road construction contracts > United States.
Drainage structures.
Performance based specifications.
Competitive bidding.
Road construction contracts.
Road drainage > Design and construction.
United States.
Online Access:http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_801.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • chapter 1. Background
  • chapter 2. Research approach
  • chapter 3. State of the practice summary
  • chapter 4. Summary of gaps in knowledge and practice
  • chapter 5. Introduction to the recommended practice
  • chapter 6. Preparatory agency actions prior to implementation of the recommended practice
  • chapter 7. Project definition
  • chapter 8. Hydraulic evaluation
  • chapter 9. Structural evaluation
  • chapter 10. Durability evaluation
  • chapter 11. Final check and policy application
  • chapter 12. Results and bidding
  • chapter 13. Installation, maintenance, and tracking
  • chapter 14. Implementation of the recommended practice
  • chapter 15. Future and parallel research
  • chapter 16.
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • appendix A. Recommended practice for bidding alternative drainage pipe systems
  • appendix B. Worked example of the recommended practice
  • appendix C. Summary of durability evaluation methods.