Performance Comparison of Large Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Highway Projects
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 138, Issue 1
Abstract
This study compares and analyzes the relationship of design-build (DB) and design-bid-build (DBB) project delivery methods with performance metrics of large highway projects ( ). Project performance is measured in cost, schedule, and change orders on these two types of highway projects. This study also investigates associations between project characteristics (input variables) and project performance (output variables) of large highway projects. The performance comparison methodology used here is derived from work done on a Texas Department of Transportation study of the State Highway 130 Project. The study results show that the construction speed and project delivery speed per lane mile (or lane kilometer) of DB projects were significantly faster than that of DBB projects for this sample. The study also showed that out of 21 inputs analyzed, 14 inputs have statistically significant associations with one or more outputs of these projects.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the personnel of various DOTs who provided data for the research. The authors express their special thanks to TXDOT staffs. Without their support, the collection of the data needed for this study would not have been possible in the time frame available. In addition, they would like to acknowledge Center of Construction Industry Studies (CCIS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for partially funding the research work.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 138 • Issue 1 • January 2012
Pages: 1 - 13
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© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Sep 14, 2010
Accepted: Mar 24, 2011
Published online: Mar 26, 2011
Published in print: Jan 1, 2012
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