Transportation agencies are using project bundling to capitalize on economies of scale more often and on more diverse projects than ever before. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is creating new tools to help agencies implement a more advanced approach to project bundling.
Project bundling streamlines project delivery by combining environmental analysis and permitting, design, and contracting for greater efficiency. Alternative contracting methods also help to create efficiencies.
When highway agencies apply the advanced project bundling techniques promoted in Every Day Counts round five (EDC-5), they optimize resources, save delivery time, and address system performance goals while keeping crucial transportation assets in good repair.
A self-assessment resource from the FHWA will be available to help an agency work its way from a developing program to one that is institutionalized—where bundling is the standard for delivering a program of projects that addresses system needs more effectively.
The self-assessment will be based on 25 nationally proven practices, each linked to resources in a new FHWA project bundling resource database that includes case studies, contracts, programs, and research. The database is now available on FHWA's Bundled Facilities Overview web page, along with case studies, webinars, and lessons learned on bundling programs.
(Adapted from FHWA Innovator, March/April 2021.)
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