DATA BASE FOR PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATING

Preliminary cost estimates for contracted construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance projects are an important part of a transportation agency's planning and budgeting process. Such cost estimates can be developed through a careful examination of historical bid data. A microcomputer data base of historical unit-price bid data is used to develop a cost-estimating procedure that incorporates the factors that most directly impact project cost. For a wide range of project categories, these factors appear to be the length of the project and the anticipated application rate of certain key materials.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Bell, L C
  • Kaminsky, A
• Publication Date: 1987-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 341-347
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 113
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bids; Budgeting; Construction; Costs; Databases; Estimating; Maintenance management; Microcomputers; Programming (Planning)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472364
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. 21632
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1987 12:00AM