Dramatically Reducing Highway Construction Project Times: Suggestions for Research

The purpose of this brief report is to summarize an analysis by the Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (RTCC) of the issues associated with dramatically reducing highway construction project times and the potential for research to help achieve such reductions. In this report the committee uses the term highway construction projects to encompass the entire range of planning, design, management, and construction activities that comprise highway rehabilitation or reconstruction projects. Project time spans all these activities. It believes that achieving dramatic reductions in highway construction project times requires a broader, more comprehensive approach to the problem than looking for marginal improvements in existing techniques.