Best Practices for Cost Recovery

The objective of the research is to gather and analyze information regarding best cost recovery practices used by State departments of transportation (State DOTs) and to modify and enhance as appropriate existing Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Cost Recovery Procedures previously revised in 2017. This research will provide stakeholders with: (1) Best cost recovery practices for design errors and item omissions in construction projects; (2) Methods of preventing or reducing design errors and item omissions; and (3) A tool or a set of recommendations to improve the design phase and pre-construction process. The anticipated deliverables will include a set of flowchart guides that should help MassDOT to prevent or minimize errors and omissions and to improve overall design quality.

• Record URL:
  https://www.mass.gov/doc/best-practices-for-cost-recovery-final-report/download

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $39,560
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Massachusetts Department of Transportation

  10 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Principal Investigators:

  Plotnikov, Michael

• Start Date: 20210201
• Expected Completion Date: 20211031
• Actual Completion Date: 20210930

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Construction projects; Cost recovery; Errors; Recommendations; State departments of transportation
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01767049
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 17 2021 9:52AM