Browsing by Subject "Highway"
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Project cost escalation is a major problem for State Highway Agencies (SHA). This problem is evident in cost estimating procedures that may not promote consistency and accuracy of costs over the project development process. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The research in this thesis was conducted to investigate the initial stage of passing maneuvers on a rural, two-lane, two-way (RTLTW) highway with centerline rumble strips (CRSs). Four measures of effectiveness were used: ...
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(2011-02-22)Performance-based contracting (PBC) for roadway maintenance is relatively new among various alternative contracting options available at present and is increasingly drawing more attention from state Departments of ...
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(2013-08-08)In an effort to motivate contractors to complete construction projects early on high-impact highway pavement construction projects, state transportation agencies (STAs) including TxDOT have often used incentive/disincentive ...
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(2013-08-01)The transportation infrastructure systems in the United States were built between the 50's and 80's, with 20 years design life. As most of them already exceeded their original life expectancy, State Transportation Agencies ...
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(2018-08-03)Current plans to invest over $1.7 trillion on U.S. infrastructure will result in rehabilitation of one-fifth of the U.S. highway systems over the next ten years. Consequently, alternative project delivery and contracting ...