Capital Outlay Support: Percentage Baseline and Benchmark

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) uses a performance measure for the Capital Outlay Support (COS) program, the ratio between COS and capital outlay costs. An independent assessment of this ratio showed that the productivity could be equated to the hours of labor that were inputted for capital outlay projects. Productivity could also be measured from the conception stage when projects are nested within Caltrans districts' programs, which would provide accountability for project development. Measures of quality should be developed for both labor inputs and outputs. Quality should be reflected on the workforce labor composition for inputs, and the outputs should measure the project complexity.

• Record URL:
  https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/final-reports/ca10-1582-finalreport-a11y.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/api/presign-file/ark%253A%252F13030%252Fm5hx1hd9/3/producer%252FCA10-1582.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Niemeier, Deb
• Publication Date: 2011-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 50p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital expenditures; Capital productivity; Economic efficiency; Hours of labor; Labor productivity; Performance measurement; Productivity; State departments of transportation
• Identifier Terms: California Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01488647
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: CA10-1582
• Contract Numbers: 65A0263
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 1 2013 9:09AM