(1) The department may adopt rules in accordance with sections 43-1-110 and 24-4-103, C.R.S., to:
Establish requirements for the procurement of design-build contracts that it determines necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to rules implementing the designbuild selection and contract procedures, subcontracting, and the warranty provisions of this part 14; and
Further define and implement the processes and procedures for the performance ofutility relocation work necessitated by a design-build transportation project, including, but not limited to, the allocation of responsibility for damages due to delay among the department, the design-build contractor, and utility companies that do not enter into project specific utility relocation agreements, and the creation of a forum and process to resolve changes in the conditions of the design-build transportation project that impact utility relocation work when the department and a utility company have not entered into a project specific utility relocation agreement.
Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 260, § 1, effective April 9. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1611, § 2, effective June 1.