Some roads seem to be perpetually under construction.
Koch Materials Co. of Wichita, Kansas, believes that it has found a superior strategy for constructing American roads - Performance Roads. The Performance Roads concept, which was officially organized in 1996, creates a mechanism that encourages greater allocation of resources at initial road construction in order to minimize or avoid spending resources on maintenance during the life of the road. Koch's Performance Roads coordinates resources for project development - including engineering and construction management, but it does not actually perform construction. The construction is performed by contractors, which either come on board though a partnering process or a traditional low-bid solicitation process. The concept is to provide long-term performance for a reasonable cost.