- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Environmental Remediation.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Research Summary 48-1, October 1995, 19 p.
- Keywords
- construction
- Identifiers
- environmental remediation management: an eight-step process; influence of potential soil contamination on construction projects; evaluation of alternative owner-contractor relationships on environmental remediation projects
- Abstract
- Remediation of environmental contamination from past industrial practices represents a substantial percentage of annual expenditures by industry and government. Despite the experience gained with contaminated site remediation and development of new technologies, the ability to predict cost and schedule of remediation projects remains poor. The Construction Industry Institute Environmental Remediation Technology Research Team, comprised of practicing environmental professionals and academics experienced in remediation, investigated reasons for the growth in cost and schedule of remediation projects and identification methods and procedures to control these cost and schedule issues. The research concluded that: (1) remediation projects differ fundamentally from conventional construction projects because of uncertainties in site characterization, clean-up technology performance, and regulations; and (2) it is the effective management of these factors, rather than technological advances, that can result in the largest cost savings in the near team.