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3 C H A P T E R 1 The FHWA (n.d.) defines an alternative technical concept (ATC)
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4 Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods design-builder's, the developer/concessionaire's, or the construction contractor's2 pre-award input to the project's design. In most cases, this means that an agency has found that there are several promising options for design solutions or for optimizing the final design for the contractor's means and methods that will add value to the final project, once identified.
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Introduction 5 other ACM projects, an agency must adjust its current business model in a manner that enables early design input from competing industry teams through ATCs. To succeed, the project personnel must have a good grasp of the mechanics of all available project delivery methods and be able to synchronize current procurement procedures to incorporate meaningful ATC input.
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6 Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods The CMGC contract has two components: a preconstruction services contract, where the owner pays the construction manager to contribute ideas during project design, and construction contract execution. Like DBB, the owner completes the design with its design staff or by outsourcing the design work to a consultant.
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Introduction 7 1.2.3 Design-Build In DB, the agency procures both design and construction services in the same contract from a single, legal entity referred to as the design-builder. The method typically uses RFQ/RFP procedures rather than the DBB IFB procedures.
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8 Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods OWNER DESIGNER-OFRECORD GENERAL CONTRACTOR Design Subconsultants Trade Subcontractors DESIGNBUILDER OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR Developer/ ConcessionaireBanks/Lenders Project Sponsors/ Equity Providers $ Return on Equity $ Debt Service (Only If DBFOM) Figure 4.
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Introduction 9 1.2.5 Project Development Process Implementing ATCs requires an agency to evaluate its routine project development process and determine those points in the process where ATCs might impact the activities typically completed in each phase. It is recognized that each agency has a specific process with its own terminology.
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10 Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods To justify the costs of developing an ATC, a contractor needs to truly believe that the intellectual property that it furnishes is going to be protected and that its competitors are not going to be given the benefit of the idea. "Confidentiality in the ATC process is very important for the success of the ATC process.
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Introduction 11 legal opinion. A state DOT or local public agency must comply with its own policies as a condition of receiving FHWA's financial assistance.
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12 Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods ATC Submittal Periods De si gn -B id -B ui ld De si gn -B ui ld Pr og re ss iv e De si gn -B ui ld CM G C/ CM R P3 Project Delivery Period Design SelectRFQ Award Build Design SelectRFPRFQ Award Build Design BuildSelectRFP Award Design Advertise/Bid Award Build ATCs ATCs/PTCs ATCs ATCs/PTCs Design BuildSelectRFP Award Operate/Maintain ATCs RFQ Figure 5. Applying ATCs to the ACM process.
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Introduction 13 • Issues regarding design liability for performance of the ATC in question should be mutually agreed and codified in the final contract using an appropriate legal instrument such as an amendment to the RFP technical scope of work, a contract change, etc. Figure 6 provides a general flowchart for the receipt, evaluation, and approval of ATCs in all project delivery methods.
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14 Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts in All Types of Highway Project Delivery Methods is approved, the proposer then advances the ATC-modified design to a point where it can be priced. In most cases, the ATC proposer retains the option to bid the DOT-furnished baseline design or its own approved ATC-modified design.
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