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NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 47-02 [Final (Synthesis)]

Alternate Design/Alternate Bid Process for Pavement Type Selection
[ NCHRP 20-05 (Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $45,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 9/25/2015 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Jo Allen Gause
Research Agency: Gransberg & Associates, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Doug Gransberg
Effective Date: 11/1/2015
Completion Date: 1/19/2017
Fiscal Year: 2015

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 499: Alternate Design/Alternate Bid Process for Pavement-Type Selection documents the state of the practice in alternate design/alternate bid (ADAB) for pavement-type selection by highway agencies. ADAB is a contracting technique that allows the pavement-type selection decision to be made as part of the procurement process. Contractors are permitted to bid their preferred pavement-type alternative using real-time market pricing for the paving materials.

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