THE EFFECT OF INFLATIONARY COSTS ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: THE BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPERIENCE

Highway construction in British Columbia has experienced large cost increases. This report includes some research into the costs of those factors which affect each unit of work such as labour, machiner, parts, fuels, explosives, etc, and suggestions which will defer spiralling and unnecessary increases. /RTAC/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Annual Conference held in Calgary, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Zapf, N R
• Conference:
  • This paper was presented at the Annual Conference held in Calgary, 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 25-36

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Highways; Inflation; Machinery; PERT; Road construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148133
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM