The Transaction Cost Economics of Highway Project Delivery
Author | : Janice Marie Whittington |
Publisher | : ProQuest |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 0549835652 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780549835653 |
Rating | : 4/5 (653 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Transaction Cost Economics of Highway Project Delivery written by Janice Marie Whittington and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2008 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design-build delivery combines the tasks of engineering and construction into one contract with a private entity. Literature promoting design-build emphasizes the savings to cost and time earned from value engineering and concurrent engineering. Though increasingly applied, design-build can be controversial, as it is associated with the privatization of public engineering services.