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A Review of the Management and maintenance arrangements for motorways and trunk roads in England
References Glossary of Terms
A new Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone. The Government's White Paper on the Future of Transport -DETR, July 1998. (Integrated Transport).
'A New Deal For Trunk Roads in England.' - DETR, July 1998. (Roads Review).
Achieving Excellence. Constructing the best Government Client . HM Treasury, 1999
Modernising Government White Paper, March 1999
Constructing the team. Joint review of procurement and contractual arrangements in the UK construction industry . Sir Michael Latham, July 1994
Rethinking construction . The Report of the Construction Task Force (Sir John Egan)
Highways Agency Business Plan 1999/2000
Constructing Improvement. The Client's Pact with the Industry - Construction Clients Forum (CCF)
Glossary of Terms
MA
Managing Agent
MAC
Managing Agent Contractor - single operating company
PFMAC
Privately Financed Managing Agent Contractor
TMC
Term Maintenance Contractor
ICE5
Institution of Civil Engineers Contract 5 th edition
ECC
Engineering Construction Contract
Service Provider
A collective term to include the MA, TMC, MAC and PFMAC
Soft Estate
The land from the edge of the carriageway to the highway boundary
Network Board
A Board made up of members of the Highways Agency and the service providers, which makes strategic decisions and reviews, monitors and benchmarks the service providers' performance
Whole life costings
A technique which optimises the lifetime costs of acquiring, owning, operating, maintaining and disposing of a highway asset
Quality Promise
Statements made in tender quality submissions
