DOI

10.5703/1288284313142

Abstract

Design-Build has been an effective contracting method in the private and public arenas. Departments of Transportation have used this contracting method on various projects for a variety of reasons. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has used this contract delivery method on a few projects with mixed responses from those involved in the process. INDOT therefore felt that an evaluation of the Design-Build program was appropriate to determine its future use in Indiana. This report gives a historical perspective of Design-Build and how the program has been received and perceived by INDOT; describes the project’s survey and the data collected from the designer and contractor perspectives; relates the experiences of other Departments of Transportation with Design-Build; provides a somewhat limited comparison with the Design-Bid-Build approach; and makes recommendations for INDOT’s future Design-Build practices.

Report Number

FHWA/IN/JTRP-2002/21

Keywords

change orders, constructability, consultant, contractor, design-build, design-bid-build, designer, stipend, subcontractors, survey, SPR-2497

SPR Number

2497

Project Number

C-36-73S

File Number

3-4-19

Performing Organization

Joint Transportation Research Program

Publisher Place

West Lafayette, IN

Date of this Version

2002

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