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Performance Contracting

Performance Contracting is an approach where the owner agency specifies a set of clearly defined performance goals – rather than methods – for construction projects; and the contractor enjoys the freedom to define how to accomplish the goals. FHWA is piloting an implementation framework for Performance Contracting for Construction with up to six pilot states.Read More

In This Issue: Bypasses Minimize Traffic Delays on Wisconsin Roadway, SHRP 2 Renewal Complements Highways for LIFE Initiative, Mainstreaming Innovation, Texas Highway Features Innovative Concrete Design, Inno-bits Offer Basics on Construction Innovations, Project Results: Innovation and Performance Goals Boost Interchange Construction.

Innovator Issue 19

In This Issue: Q&A With Greg Nadeau: Making Every Day Count, Trenchless Technology Trial Works for Montana DOT, Choosing Right Delivery Method Key to Project Success, Highways for LIFE Seeks States to Try Innovations, Seminar Challenges Engineers to Innovate
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Construction workers looks on as a section of a bridge being hoisted in place by crane.

Virginia Demonstration Project

Rapid Removal and Replacement of U.S. 15/29 Bridge Over Broad Run Near Gainesville, VA. Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) HfL demonstration project, which involved accelerated removal and replacement of a bridge over a creek. Read More

Michigan Demonstration Project: Performance Contracting for Construction on M-115 in Clare County, MI

This report documents the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) HfL demonstration project, which involved performance contracting for construction (PCfC) on M-115, a two-lane rural highway in Clare County, MI. Read More

Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience.

About Highways for LIFE

The purpose of Highways for LIFE (HfL) is to advance Longer–lasting highway infrastructure using Innovations to accomplish the Fast construction of Efficient and safe highways and bridges. The three goals of HfL are to...

Improve safety during and after construction

Reduce congestion caused by construction

Improve the quality of the highway infrastructure

Training in Technology Deployment

Want to learn more about how to go about successfully deploying an innovation? Highways for LIFE, working with the National Highway Institute, has developed a training course designed to provide you with the necessary tools get that new technology out there and in use. Called, "Leap not Creep, Accelerating Innovation Implementation," the course uses both in-class and web-based training.

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