A Guidebook for Selecting Airport Capital Project Delivery Methods

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 21: A Guidebook for Selecting Airport Capital Project Delivery Methods explores various project delivery methods for major airport capital projects. The guidebook also examines the impacts, advantages, and disadvantages of various project delivery methods including design-bid-build, construction manager at risk, and design-build.

A companion publication to this report, ACRP Web-Only Document 6: Evaluation and Selection of Airport Capital Project Delivery Methods, reviews pertinent literature and research findings related to various project delivery methods for airport projects. It contains definitions of project delivery methods and discusses the existing selection approaches commonly used by airports.

Appendixes C to F for ACRP Report 21 are available online. Electronic versions of the forms contained in Appendixes C–E are also available.

Appendix C: Forms for Project Description and Goals
Appendix D: Forms for Analytical Delivery Decision Approach (Tier 1)
Appendix E: Forms for Weighted-Matrix Delivery Decision Approach (Tier 2)
Appendix F: Case Study Example: Logan International Airport Central Parking Garage

Electronic forms