Session 7 of 8
Tool: Incentive–Disincentive Program for Superior Quality
24 D-B
NCHRP Research Report 939 presents practical guidance for the post-award administration of projects delivered using alternative, nontraditional methods.
Tool: Incentive–Disincentive Program for Superior Quality (24 D-B)
Session 7 of 8: November 17, 2022
What is it?
- Motivation to encourage excellence in quality
- Can also be used to encourage safety performance, environmental compliance, managing disruption to traffic, etc.
Why use it?
- Communicates clear goals with motivation to achieve
- Improve construction efficiency and reduce rework
How to use it?
- Set objective, definable, and quantifiable objectives for incentives for use as accurate indicators of achievement
- Written in contract or established collaboratively after contracting
- Focus on tasks that frequently result in nonconforming work in order to reduce rework
Documents
NCHRP ACM Contract Admin – Session 7 Slides