Transportation

• Latest News
• Key Legislative Priorities
• SAFETEA LU
• Client Expectations of Perfection & Cost Recovery Policies
• Resources & Materials
• Transportation Committee Roster & Subcommittees
• Upcoming Meetings
• Useful Links

Latest News

• USDOT Addresses ACEC Concerns in Final Design-Build Rule
• House Boosts F.Y. '08 Transportation Funding
• ACEC Announces New Transportation "Vision" With AASHTO, Industry Partners
• ACEC Nets $1.8 Billion Increase In Airport Construction Funding Bills
• Georgia DOT Honored With QBS Award

  Latest News Archive

Key Legislative Priorities

• Surface Transportation Funding
• SAFETEA LU Implementation
• Aviation Funding

SAFETEA LU

The Safe, Accountable Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA LU)

• Click here for an ACEC summary of SAFETEA LU.
  
• Click here for the text of the bill.
  
• Click here for state-by-state funding summaries.

Client Expectations of Perfection & Cost Recovery Policies

• Client Expectations of Perfection — The ACEC Risk Management Committee's latest paper on the disturbing trend towards client expectations of perfection in engineering services, and what ACEC and its members can do about the problem.

• NEW! Cost Recovery Policy Issues for Departments of Transportation — This draft document has been developed to guide engineering firms in their deliberations with state DOTs and the FHWA. It lists the key elements that should be considered in the formation of a fair cost recovery policy.

• ACEC Risk Management Webpage

Resources & Materials

• State-by-State Overhead & Salary Cap Rates (Updated: October 2005)
• 2005 ACEC/AASHTO Uniform Audit Guide
• Status of FY’08 Appropriations Bills
• FY’07 Appropriations Summary
• FY’06 Appropriations Summary
• ACEC State Legislative Resource Center
• QBS Resources Center
• ACEC Publications

Transportation Committee Roster & Subcommittees

The Transportation Committee monitors legislation and regulation on transportation infrastructure issues, including highways, railroads, aviation, and mass transit; and develops and recommends Council positions and legislation/regulation for promotion before Congress, the Executive and State agencies.

Transportation Committee Roster & Goals

Not on the roster? This is an open committee for all ACEC members — Email Vivian Moeglein (vmoeglein@acec.org) if you would like to serve on this committee.

Subcommittees

• Auditing
• Aviation
• Environmental
• Rail & Transit Policy
• State Liaison
• Transportation Funding

Upcoming Meetings

• 2007 National Conference on the Built Environment - September 26-29, 2007 in Maui, Hawaii. Click Here for more details.

Useful Links

• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• TEA-21 Information
• Federal Aviation Administration
• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
• Senate Commerce Committee
• AASHTO
• Transportation Research Board