Appendix A: Examples Of Time And Financial Savings On Construction And Maintenance Projects With Innovative Contracting Approaches[382]

Project Name

Project Description

Contracting Type

Contract Award (millions)

Actual Schedule

Time Reduction

Finished Ahead of Schedule

Length of Warranty or Maintenance Record

Cost Savings

Project Management Companies

Virginia 288

10.5 miles of new highway expanding 7 miles of existing highway, 6 new interchanges, modifying 2 interchanges and constructing 23 bridges -Richmond, VA

Design-Build Warrant

$236

3 years

3 years[383]

*

20 years on pavement

5 years on all other aspects

$47 million

Koch Performance Roads; CH2MHill

New Mexico Route 44

Reconstruction and widening 120 miles of two-lane state highway -Northwestern NM

Design-Bid-Builder-CM-Maintain

$314

3 years

24 years[384][1]

*

20 years on pavement 

10 years on structures

$89 million over life cycle (+9 million during const.)

Mesa (Koch); CH2MHill; Flatiron Structures Co.

NJ Turnpike Exit 13A Interchange

Design and construction of NJ turnpike exit 13A Interchange

Design-Build

$85

2 years

*

3 months

N/A

*

Slattery Skanska Inc.

San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor

17-miles, six-lane controlled access toll road, 85 bridges, and 10 interchanges constructed, 5 miles widened of I-5 -Orange County, CA

Design-Build

$790

5 years

*

3.5 months

N/A

On-budget

Kiewit; Granite

Dulles Greenway Toll Road

14-mile extension of the Dulles Toll Road -Dulles to eesburg, VA

Build-Operate-Transfer

$145

2 years

*

6 months

N/A

*

TRIP II (Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.; AIE, LLC; Bryant/Crane)

I-15 Corridor

Reconstruction of 16.3 miles of I-15 and 142 bridges -Salt Lake City, UT

Design-Build

$1,376

4 years

*

5 months

N/A

On-budget

Kiewit; Washington Group; Granite

SR-91 Express Lanes

10 miles of express lanes, 2 new flyover bridges, widening of 6 additional bridges, and building a temporary bridge at a major interchange -Orange County, CA

Design-Build

$60.4

2 years 5 months

*

10 months

N/A

*

Granite

Southern Connector Toll Road

17.5 miles of a four-lane highway around Greenville, SC -Greenville, SC

Design-Build-Finance-Operate

$191

3 years

*

9 months 

N/A

*

Interwest Carolina Transportation Group (Thrift Brothers, Florence & Hutcheson)

Conway Bypass

28.5 miles of fully controlled access highway (4-6 lanes), six interchanges, and 17 bridges -outside Conway, SC

Design-Build

$386.3

6 years 1 month

*

7 months

N/A

*

Fluor Daniel

Eastern Toll Road

27 miles of new roadway, 69 bridges, 3 tunnels, 10 toll plazas and a 10-acre wetland -Orange County, CA

Design-Build

$780

3 years 8 months

*

10 months

N/A

*

Flatiron; Ways $ Freitag; Sukut; Obayashi

Route 895 Connector

8.8 miles of divided highway, 2 interstate interchanges, several bridges -Richmond, VA

Design-Build-Finance

$323

3 years 11 months[2]

*

*

N/A

*

Fluor Daniel; Washington Group

Route 3 North

Widen Route 3 from Route 128 to NH border, replace 47 bridges, construct visitor center -Massachusetts

Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance

$385

3 years[2]

*

 

30 years

*

Modern Continental; Roy Jorgenson

Carolina Bays Parkway

20 miles of new six-lane divided highway, 5 interchanges, 20 bridges-South - Carolina

Design-Build-Warrant

$226

34 months[2]

*

*

3 years

*

Flatiron; Tidewater

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail

24.5 miles of light rail -NJ

Design-Build-Operate-Maintain

$1,120

6 years[2]

5 years

Yest

15 years

$300 million

Washington Group; Slattery Skanska; Itochu: Perinin

O'Fallon, Missouri

Construct streets in Winghaven Research Park -O'Fallon, Missouri

Finance-Design-Build-Warrant

$9.5

2 years[385]

3 years

*

15 years

$1.5 Million[3]

Koch Performance Roads and Koch Financial Services

Aspen, CO

Pavement rehabilitation of more than 30% of Aspen's city streets -Aspen, CO

Design-Build-Warrant

$2.7

1 year[386]

4 years

N/A

15 years

$625,000[4]

Koch Performance Roads

Maintenance

Virginia Interstate Project

Maintain 1,250 lane miles on I-95, I-77, I-81, I-381 -Virginia

Asset Management

$131.6

5.5 years

N/A

N/A

5.5 years 

$16-23 million

VMS

Texas Interstate Projects

Maintain 1,400 lane miles on I-20 and I-35 along with 4 rest areas and 8 picnic areas -Texas

Asset Management

$31

5 years 

N/A

N/A

5 years

*

VMS

DC Asset Preservation Project

Maintain 75 miles of major urban streets and highways -Washington, DC

Asset Management

$70

5 years

N/A

N/A

5 years

*

VMS

Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

Maintain more than 50 lane miles of roadway, bridge, and toll facilities along State Route 429 between Florida's Turnpike and US 441 -Orange County, FL

Asset Management

*

*

N/A

N/A

*

*

VMS

Chipley District Project

Maintain and improve 920 lane miles of urban and rural roadways and interstates including 271 bridges - Wakulla, Jefferson, Gulf, Liberty and Franklin counties in FL

Asset Management

*

*

N/A

N/A

*

*

VMS

John Kilpatrick Turnpike

Maintain 17 miles (72 lane miles) of the John Kilpatrick Turnpike (toll road) - Oklahoma City, OK

Asset Management

*

*

N/A

N/A

*

*

VMS

Whittier-Portage Tunnel

Operate and maintain 2.6 mile train and vehicle tunnel -near Anchorage, AK

Asset Management

*

*

N/A

N/A

*

*

VMS

NOTES
1 27-year estimate based on completion of one four-to-five mile project per year.

2 This project is ongoing. The completion time is estimated.

3 The cost savings result from economy of scale, construction cost savings, and reduced pavement maintenance. The savings does not include the benefit of opening the industrial park sooner to tenants and the resulting increased revenues to the city.

4 The cost savings result from economy of scale, construction cost savings, and reduced pavement maintenance costs.

N/A = Not Applicable

* = data not available