The Colorado Department of Transportation’s increasing use of untraditional contracting approaches for large highway projects has been hampered by problems with how the deals are awarded, negotiated and managed, state auditors found in a recent report.
for transportation projects, the audit sheds light on its performance on some of its largest recent projects. In the last two fiscal years, the audit says CDOT managed 19 projects that used alternative contracting methods, with combined budgets of $3.5 billion.
The report notes that a full comparison of some projects to the track record of the traditional low-bid approach wasn’t possible since information wasn’t available for the pre-construction design periods.
A rendering of the I-70 Floyd Hill project, looking overhead toward the southwest, shows a widened and rebuilt Interstate 70 curving at the bottom of Floyd Hill into Clear Creek Canyon . Elevated westbound lanes will cross over the eastbound side for this stretch. Kraemer North America was picked as the construction manager and general contractor, with Atkins serving as lead designer.
The audit doesn’t question the value of the different approaches so much as criticize CDOT for its execution.
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