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https://doi.org/10.3141/1575-15

http://scholar.google.com...kett&publication_year=1997

Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have been successfully implemented in various fields. Transportation agencies, however, have not yet recognized the full capabilities of GISs. The purpose of the GIS cost estimation project is to research the possibilities of analyzing data through the power of geographic management. The enhanced data management would assist in improving project cost estimation. Typically, state highway departments rely heavily on historical bid data to estimate construction projects. A systematic information collection, organization, and storage process must be used so that relevant historical cost data can be retrieved. Data collection and storage have been done for years but their usefulness at times appears worthless, primarily because of the amount of time required to page through and assimilate reams of compiled data. Analysis would be greatly simplified if one could visualize the data graphically. Using such technology should assist in easing the ever-increasing demand to analyze information to support more effective decision making.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1575, Construction: Flexible Pavements, Bridges, Quality, and Management.

English

p. 112-115

1997

Transportation Research Record

0301061601

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Bids; Construction; Cost estimating; Costs; Data management; Decision making; Geographic information systems; Graphics; History; Information processing; Information retrieval; State departments of transportation; Time series

Construction costs; Cost data

Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; History; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction

TRIS, TRB

Nov 13 1997 12:00AM

• APPLICABILITY OF NEW FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT SMOOTHNESS SPECIFICATION FOR ASPHALT OVERLAYS
• COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE WITH SEISMIC METHODS
• CONSTRUCTABILITY: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
• DEVELOPING QC/QA SPECIFICATIONS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT CONCRETE IN ILLINOIS
• DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE-RELATED SPECIFICATIONS FOR HOT-MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENTS THROUGH WESTRACK
• FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING OF RED MAPLE GLUED-LAMINATED T-BEAMS AND BRIDGE BEHAVIOR
• GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING BRIDGE COMPONENT INSPECTION AND REPAIRS
• IMPROVING ASPHALT PAVING PRODUCTIVITY
• IMPROVING CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATING METHODS USING HISTORICAL COST DATA
• INVESTIGATION OF CRITICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PARAMETER VARIATIONS FOR CONCRETE
• LABORATORY TESTING OF STRESS-LAMINATED WOOD DECKS ON STEEL BEAMS
• PERFORMANCE FACTORS AND QUALITY CONTROL/QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR POROUS PAVEMENTS
• PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
• QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS USING PARTIAL DERIVATIVES
• ROBOCRANE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES
• TRAFFIC DENSIFICATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
• USING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AND DIELECTRIC PROBE MEASUREMENTS IN PAVEMENT DENSITY QUALITY CONTROL