TUNNELING COST ANALYSIS

The report provides the Office of High Speed Ground Transportation with a review and analysis of tunnel construction costs. The data for all cost analyses in the report were obtained from historical records of tunnel owners, contractors, and equipment and material manufacturers throughout the United States. The report proper includes discussions regarding the data gathering process, the methods of analysis employed, and the tunneling cost estimating relationships. Also, included is a brief review of the cost impact of differences in tunnel design and construction policies. (Author)

• Record URL:
  https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/tunneling-cost-analysis
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• Corporate Authors:

  RMC, Incorporated

  Bethesda, MD  United States 
• Authors:
  • Spittel, L A
  • Willyard, J C
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 160 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Classification; Construction management; Cost effectiveness; Cost engineering; Costs; Data collection; Excavation and tunneling; High speed ground transportation; Rapid transit; Reviews; Standardization; Statistics; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Rapid transit railroads
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Data and Information Technology; Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RMC-UR-151 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-0-0040
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 1973 12:00AM