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... 4 C H A P T E R 2 2.1 Introduction This chapter discusses the review of ACM state of practice conducted as part of this research. The review focused on post-award contract administration.
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... State of the Practice 5 contracting methods. The FHWA Every Day Counts program advanced the use of ACMs through training and project support.
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... 6 Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods 2.3 Alternative Contracting Manuals Manuals and policies are document formats commonly used by state transportation agencies to communicate guidelines. Table 2.2 summarizes the manuals developed by state agencies to communicate guidance related to ACMs as of March 2019.
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... State of the Practice 7 • Six states had manuals for ACMs in general, and • 26 states did not have a manual for D-B, CM-GC, or ACMs. The CM-GC manuals tended to cover the following topics: • Introduction, • Procurement, • Preconstruction Services, • Contract Administration, and • Appendices.
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... 8 Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods but instead to verify conformance to the contract requirements. Otherwise, the agency might be accepting liability, risk, and cost for directives that were given.
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... State of the Practice 9 engineering, third-party coordination, and shared risk (Gambatese et al. 2002, Schierholz 2012, Gransberg et al.

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