Write Up:

By limiting overruns on contracts, MoDOT can continue to keep its maintenance and construction commitments. This emphasis, combined with the use of practical design and value engineering, has contributed to limiting overruns on contracts. MoDOT’s performance in FY 2025 is 0.6% over the award amount ($1.2 million over the award amount of $195 million worth of projects completed), with 58% of the projects being completed below the original award amount.

Many factors can affect the ability to complete a project within the targeted 2% of the award amount. These factors can include design changes, differing conditions, additional work items and administrative decisions.

For FY 2025, MoDOT road and bridge projects were completed 0.2% under budget, multimodal projects were completed on budget and local public agency projects were completed 10.8% over budget.

Purpose of the Measure:

This measure tracks the percentage difference of total construction payouts to the original contract award amounts. This indicates how many changes are made on projects after they are awarded to the contractor for road, bridge, local public agency and multimodal projects – aviation and rail.

Measurement and Data Collection:

For road and bridge projects, contractor payments are generated through MoDOT’s AASHTOWare database and processed in the financial management system for payment. Change orders document the underrun/overrun of the original contract cost. Local public agencies and multimodal agencies use staff or consultant resources to set contract completion dates and track performance.

The target for this measure is set by internal policy and will not change unless policy changes.