The past decade has been characterized by the pressing need to rapidly renew the nation’s deteriorating infrastructure, which has driven the increased use of alternative contracting methods for transportation and other infrastructure projects.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 937: Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods is designed to help guide alternative technical concepts (ATCs) in the state highway project delivery process. The ATC process—used with design-build highway project delivery—solicits design modification ideas offered by respondents during the bidding process. These modifications aim to encourage innovation and improve design requirements while giving the respondent a competitive advantage.
The report is accompanied by an Excel-based ATC Implementation Toolkit and an associated publication, NCHRP Web-Only Document 277: Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25866.
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Front Matter | i-viii | |
Summary | 1-2 | |
Chapter 1 - Introduction | 3-14 | |
Chapter 2 - ATC Procurement Considerations | 15-26 | |
Chapter 3 - Accounting for ATCs in Design | 27-35 | |
Chapter 4 - Agency Review and Evaluation of ATCs | 36-45 | |
Chapter 5 - Project Administration | 46-49 | |
Chapter 6 - ATC Implementation Toolkit | 50-59 | |
References | 60-61 | |
Abbreviations | 62-62 | |
Appendix A - DB ATC Information | 63-71 | |
Appendix B - P3 ATC Information | 72-76 | |
Appendix C - DBB ATC Information | 77-81 | |
Appendix D - CMGC ATC Information | 82-84 | |
Appendix E - Example ATC Solicitation and Contract Clauses | 85-92 | |
Appendix F - Useful Links | 93-96 |
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