Tiêu chuẩn quốc tế

• Số hiệu / Standard Number: AASHTO GCPE:1996
• Năm ban hành / Publication date: 1996
• Tình trạng / Status: W - Hết hiệu lực
• Tên tiếng Anh / Title in English: Guide for Contracting, Selecting, and Managing Consultants in Preconstruction Engineering
• Số trang / Page: 86

Phạm vi áp dụng / Scope of standard

Executive Summary: Over the past decade, the use of consultants
by state transportation agencies has increased significantly. In
recognition, AASHTO has seen a need to conduct a study, to develop
this guide that discusses findings and presents methods,
procedures, and suggested recommendations for making the most
effective use of consultants. Agencies are continuing to be faced
with dynamic programs which seem to have larger peaks and valleys.
They are also facing significant changes in how business is to be
conducted. In addition, staffing limitations, hiring freezes and
other constraints are adding pressures to the expectations to
deliver quality projects on time and within budget. Consultants
have become a key resource and extension of an agency's
professional workforce to deal with these dynamics and deliver the
program. While not always less costly, the use of consultants to
balance workforce with workload can be cost effective.

This guide is intended to be a reference for agencies to use in
further developing their consultant program, organizing and
training their staffs, selecting consultants, developing consultant
contracts, and managing their consultant program and workforce. The
primary objective of AASHTO and this task force was to provide a
guide to assist transportation agencies.