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Procurement

Contracting Out Studies

Engineering Design Costs: In-House versus Contracting-Out, F. H. (Bud) Griffis, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (August 2016).
NYSDOT Engineering Design Costs: In-House versus Outsourced Design, F. H. (Bud) Griffis, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (October 2008).
A National Assessment of Transportation Strategies and Practices: Lessons for California, Tom Warne and Associates (February 2008).
Government Accountability Office survey and report on state trends, decision factors and cost comparisons in contracting out for engineering services, GAO-08-198 (January 2008).
Cost to the Taxpayers of Obtaining Architectural and Engineering Services: State Employees vs. Private Consulting Firms, William G. Hamm, Ph.D. and Mark L. Rodini (April 2007).
NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 313: State DOT Outsourcing and Private-Sector Utilization, Thomas R. Warne for the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council (2003).
Public/Private Partnerships — The FHWA website has extensive resources addressing principles, legislation, and regulations related to partnerships.

Professional Service Taxes

Tort Reform

Transportation Infrastructure Funding

Making the Case for Transportation Investment and Revenue, a report from Parsons Brinckerhoff on 11 case studies of state federal transportation funding initiatives.
The New Language of Mobility: Talking Transportation in a Post-Recession World, a supplement to the Parsons Brinckerhoff study analyzing specific marketing messages that were effective in transportation funding campaigns.
Our Infrastructure Crisis: Your Turn to Act, a white paper from the ACEC Management Practices Committee highlighting the political strategies and lessons learned from several recent state and local initiatives and the roles of the engineering industry.

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