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CED-81-8 1 (1980-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbew0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,'1Vf4 I ( ' o UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND IcONOMIG O9VCL0PMEKN DIVISION NOVEMBER 3, 1980 B-197746 The Honorable David L. Boren United States Senate 113690 Dear Senator Boren: Subject: [ederal Aviation Administration's Management of Two Grants to the Tulsa International Airport7 (CED-81-8) In a November 9, 1979, letter, you requested that we review how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) man- aged two grants for taxiway improvements at the Tulsa International Airport. Specifically, you asked us to determine if proper guidelines were followed and if suf- ficient guidelines have since been implemented to deter occurrences of this nature. The original grant in 1972 was for $2 million and was used to upgrade, with a concrete overlay, four main taxiways. Before the work was completed the overlay began to crack. The cracking posed a threat to flight safety, and in 1978 the airport received a second grant which included $2.1 mil- lion to reconstruct and overlay. This work was completed in 1979. (See enc. I.) In December 1979, before we began-work, the city of Tulsa sued the consulting engineer who designed the first overlay. The suit alleges that the consulting engineer did not adequately design the overlay for the taxiways and did not fulfill all the terms of'his contract. The suit asks for over $5 million in damages. It is our policy not to offer opinions or decide matters where the material issues involved are before a court. Be- cause the grantee is suing its consulting engineer for pro- fessional negligence 5 years after the faulty work was detected, we focused our inquiry on two grant administration questions: --What role should FAA play in the grantee's selection of a consulting engineer? 62/A 7~~-(341024)