Guide for Consultant Contracting
Guide for Consultant Contracting

Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Preconstruction Engineering Management Technical Committee

Publisher: AASHTO

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1560514019

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The use of engineering consultants by state transportation agencies continues to be important in providing the appropriate solutions to transportation needs. This publication replaces the Guide for Contracting, Selecting and Managing Consultants in Preconstruction Engineering, published by AASHTO in 1996. In order to assess current practices, questionnaires were developed for both state and consultant practitioners. The responses showed significant growth in the volume of work done by consultants and in the range of services provided by consultants. The results of these surveys, along with the collective experience and expertise of the technical committee membership, were used to restructure much of the guide and to update and expand the discussion of current practices for the effective use of consultants.

Negotiating and Contracting for Professional Engineering Services
Negotiating and Contracting for Professional Engineering Services

Author: Jack Sternbach

Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13:

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This synthesis will be of interest to designers, highway administrators, and others concerned with hiring consultants to prepare designs or perform construction inspection. Information is presented on the procedures and processes used by the states in negotiating and contracting for professional engineering services. In recent years there has been a sharp increase in the use of consultants by the states for design and for the inspection of construction. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes the processes used by the states in negotiating and contracting for professional engineering services, including determining needs, listing qualified firms, evaluating qualifications, negotiating terms and prices, and evaluating performance.

Consultants for DOT Preconstruction Engineering Work
Consultants for DOT Preconstruction Engineering Work

Author: David K. Witheford

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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This synthesis report will be of interest to department of transportation (DOT) preconstruction engineering supervisors and program managers, contract administrators, and project managers. It will also be of interest to engineering consultants who do work for state DOTs. It describes current practice in contracting with consultants for DOT preconstruction engineering work. The synthesis documents the practices in all stages involved with obtaining consulting services, from the initial designation of projects for consultant work to project completion and acceptance procedures. The study also collected the views of selected consultants on DOT practices. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U. S. transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on the history and trends in outsourcing of preconstruction engineering activities and compares current levels with those found a decade earlier. The steps in the procurement and management of consulting services are provided in detail. These include deciding on when and what to contract out and the selection, negotiation, and consultant management activities that follow. Finally, the appendixes contain numerous samples of collected forms and procedures used by a variety of states to accomplish this work.