Negotiation‐based decision support model for utility relocations in transportation infrastructure projects

Caldas, Carlos H.; Chou, Chien Cheng; O’Connor, James T.

doi:10.1080/01446190802331388

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“…In other words, the strategy requires highway construction contractors to adjust the utility lines, thus allowing better management of utility relocation. Caldas et al (2008) introduced a decision-making model to determine whether to accept or reject the CTUC strategy. Chou et al (2009a) conducted a research to identify and analyse decision drivers in selecting the CTUC strategy.…”

Section: Conceptual Phasementioning

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Decision making in highway construction: a systematic review and future directions

Radzi

Rahman

Doh

2021

JEDT

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Purpose Various approaches have emerged to assist practitioners in making more informed decisions in highway construction projects. However, industry practitioners are still using subjective ways to make decisions. Also, researchers have developed tools and techniques with similar objectives. Lack of information on what has been developed might lead to those issues. Therefore, this paper aims to review trends of evolution, pinpoint strengths and gaps in the literature and identifies potential future directions for decision-making research in highway construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was conducted on published articles on decision-making in highway construction projects using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) technique. Findings The analysis of 101 articles revealed that existing decision-making research in highway construction projects targets improvements in four areas: feasibility, conceptual, detailed scope and detailed design. The four areas consist of sixteen subthemes that are detailed in this study. In addition, most research involved developing decision support tools and systems as well as decision-making models, techniques and frameworks. Lastly, several research areas have emerged, such as adding more decision criteria including those with uncertainties, expanding existing decision-making models into decision support systems, benchmarking decision criteria between different sample populations and exploring inter-and intra-relationships between decision criteria. Originality/value This paper provides an overview of existing research on decision-making in highway construction projects. Also, it reveals research gaps in the body of knowledge to point out directions for future research. Finally, industry practitioners can use the findings to develop strategies for effective decision-making processes.

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Decision making in highway construction: a systematic review and future directions

Radzi

Rahman

Doh

2021

JEDT

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“…The application of a decision support model is highly recommended when dealing with utility coordination [43].…”

Section: Utility Adjustmentmentioning

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“…Based on a literature review and interviews with professional, a study identifies significant factors on the duration of utility adjustment and their impact levels on the decision-making process [43]. Due to the importance of utility adjustment, several state DOTs recommend the use of computer-aided design and drafting and the geographical information system, which are known as the best methods of improving utility adjustments [40].…”

Section: Utility Adjustmentmentioning

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Schedule Estimates for Preconstruction Activities of Highway Projects-Review of The Literature

Saeedi¹,

Nejat²,

Smith³

2019

TOTJ

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Among the multiple causes of project success in construction of big projects (such as highway projects), punctually delivering of preconstruction activities is increasingly recognized as a quite frequent cause that has not received adequate amount of attention. In this research, after providing an introduction about the different phases and activities in a construction project, the reasons behind the importance of preconstruction activities is briefly summarized. Scheduling of these types of activities is complex in nature mostly because of the unclear path toward delivering them; therefore, inaccurate scheduling of them is common. Since it is a very demanding and difficult responsibility to organize the literature efficiently, the literature is classified into five different groups to accelerate this effort; These groups are environmental clearance, design, right-of-way acquisition, utility adjustment, and finally advertising and letting; In this research, these categories and their definitions are provided in detail. After conducting a comprehensive literature review, the results of this study show that there is a lack of a quantitative model for predicting schedules associated with various preconstruction activities. Beside many other causes behind this need, the main reason is that the approach of most of the previous studies was qualitative and the few ones that have conducted a quantitative research on historical data had a small sample size.

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“…Studies in the developed countries present bodies of knowledge that identify the problems in utility relocation and best practices for utility relocation (GAO, 1999;Marti et al, 2002;Ellis, 2003;Utility Relocation Task Force, 2004;Osman and El-Diraby, 2007;Caldas et al, 2008;Goodrum et al, 2008;Jung, 2009;Ellis et al, 2009;Chou et al, 2009;Quiroga et al, 2012;Sturgill et al, 2014;Monri, 2015) and there is a need for similar studies on utility relocation best practices in developing countries.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Utility relocation management in highway projects

Vilventhan

Kalidindi

2018

BEPAM

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Purpose Utility relocation issues are unfortunately frequent and recurring problems in several countries’ highway projects. Very few studies have addressed the utility relocation issues in highway projects. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, this paper explores how the utility relocation issues are managed in highway projects. Second, this paper systematically identifies the prioritized technical and coordination strategies to be adopted to avoid delays in utility relocation. Design/methodology/approach Multiple case-based research methodology was used to explore how the utility relocation issues are managed in highway projects. Empirical evidences from 11 road and bridge projects in India were used to develop the descriptive storyline for each of the project. The strategies used to manage the utility relocation issues were identified from three sources namely literature review, case studies and nominal group technique (NGT). The strategies were then evaluated quantitatively using NGT. Findings The analysis of the case studies showed that the delays in utility relocation were in the range of 5-52 months. It was found that the duration of relocation of utilities is impacted more significantly by the complexity of underground utilities rather than the size of the projects. Strategies that are used to manage utility relocation were identified across two groups namely; technical and coordination strategies. Practical implications Recommendations are provided for the practical use and policy changes. Originality/value The prioritized technical and coordination strategies can be used systematically to avoid delays in utility relocation.

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Negotiation‐based decision support model for utility relocations in transportation infrastructure projects

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Decision making in highway construction: a systematic review and future directions

Decision making in highway construction: a systematic review and future directions

Schedule Estimates for Preconstruction Activities of Highway Projects-Review of The Literature

Utility relocation management in highway projects

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