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Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FORCE ACCOUNT AND CONTRACT MOWING COSTS
Accession Number: 00218169
Record Type: Component
Abstract: A STUDY OF ROADSIDE MOWING OPERATION IN INDIANA WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONTRACT MOWING. COSTS FOR STATE FORCES INCLUDE DIRECT COSTS, EQUIPMENT COSTS, OVERHEAD, SUPERVISION, AND AUXILIARY PERSONNEL COSTS. ACCEPTED CONTRACT BID PRICES WERE USED FOR COMPARISON SINCE THEY REPRESENT COSTS TO THE STATE. A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF FORCE ACCOUNT MOWING COSTS SHOWS A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND, PARTIALLY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WAGES IN 1964. COST DISTRIBUTIONS FOR SECONDARY, PRIMARY, AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS HAD ABOUT THE SAME RANGE, THEREFORE, A COMPOSITE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL ROADS WAS USED IN THE COMPARISON. THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACT COSTS IS AT A SOMEWHAT HIGHER LEVEL THAN FORCE ACCOUNT COSTS, BUT THE DOWNWARD TREND IS ENCOURAGING ENOUGH TO INDICATE THAT CONTRACT MOWING IS BECOMING A FEASIBLE PROPOSITION.
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance Costs and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410113
Report/Paper Numbers: HS-000 708
Authors: Hill, F SKochems, RonaldPagination: p 133
Publication Date: 1967
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 6 1994 12:00AM
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