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3PE RFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: WHY NOW? Societal changes and economic conditions suggest that the traditional way of delivering highway construction projects may no longer be suffi cient to keep pace with the growing demands on our highway system to move people and goods safely and effi ciently.
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4STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS The traditional way of doing business, using low-bid contracting and prescriptive requirements that tell the contractor how to perform the work, does not motivate the contractor to provide more than the prescribed minimum. The addition of performance specifications to an agency's toolbox would provide the means to motivate and empower contractors to find creative solutions to save time, minimize disruption, and enhance safety and quality in the interest of rapid renewal.
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5STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS delivery method, and procurement approach are all tailored to one another and to achieving the project goals. The performance specification should translate user needs and project goals into measurable acceptance parameters.
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6STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS federal level, performance management provides a means to more effi cient investment of federal transportation funds by focusing on national transportation goals, increasing the accountability and transparency of federal highway programs, and improving transportation investment decision making through performance-based planning and programming. MAP-21 established the following national performance goals for federal highway programs: • Safety.
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7STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS • Congestion reduction. Achieve a significant reduction in congestion on the National Highway System (NHS)
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8STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS RATIONALE FOR USING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS While the motivation for using performance specifications will likely vary from agency to agency and from project to project, the literature and input from practitioners suggest that implementing performance specifications has the potential to improve quality and long-term durability. From this perspective, performance specifications better align design requirements with construction by focusing on characteristics that more directly relate to performance and promoting an improved understanding of performance among all parties.
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9STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS TABLE 1.1. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF METHOD SPECIFICATIONS Advantages Disadvantages • Method specifications are well established, easily understood, and applicable to a wide range of topic areas.
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10 STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS OVERVIEW AND ORGANIZATION OF MANUAL Despite the potential advantages offered by performance specifications, they will not emerge as a viable alternative to traditional method specifications overnight. For agency personnel, developing and implementing a scope of work in terms of user needs and end-result performance is often much more challenging and resource intensive than simply adhering to the agency's standard specifications.
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11 STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS: GUIDE FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROJECT MANAGERS Companion Documents An equally important component of an overall implementation strategy -- specification development -- is addressed in detail in Framework for Developing Performance Specifications. Readers are encouraged to review this companion document for further infor mation on how performance specifications can be developed and tailored to help achieve project goals.
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