Evaluating the Construction Cost and Schedule Impacts of SCDOT's Traffic Control Restrictions

The overarching goal of this project is to provide technical guidance ot SCDOT in effectively specifying lane closure restrictions on their construction projects. Effective specification of lane closure restrictions needs to be based on a thorough understanding of the trade-offs between the total project cost, schedule, and user costs. The following objectives are identified: (1) synthesize current state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice in evaluating the impacts of traffic control measures on construction cost, schedule, and user costs; (2) develop and demonstrate an approach for estimating construction cost, schedule, and user cost implications for a specified lane-closure restriction strategy; (3) evaluate the impact of current and previous lane-closure restriction policies on project cost and schedule objectives for different types of SCDOT projects; and (4) develop a user-friendly computational tool that will assist SCDOT’s construction engineers in quickly evaluating the construction cost, schedule, and user cost implications of various lane closure restriction considerations based on a given set of project characteristics.

• Record URL:
  https://www.scdot.scltap.org/projects/current/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $149,966.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR 747

• Sponsor Organizations:

  South Carolina Department of Transportation

  955 Park Street
  P.O. Box 191
  Columbia, SC  United States  29202-0191

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  South Carolina Department of Transportation

  955 Park Street
  P.O. Box 191
  Columbia, SC  United States  29202-0191
• Project Managers:

  Swygert, Terry

• Performing Organizations:

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911
• Principal Investigators:

  Piratla, Kalyan

• Start Date: 20200115
• Expected Completion Date: 20210415
• Actual Completion Date: 20220430

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Lane closure; Scheduling; Traffic
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01733142
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: South Carolina Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR 747
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 9 2020 8:00AM