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https://doi.org/10.3141/1575-18

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

Growing needs for the highway system are causing great concern, considering that federal and state funding cannot possibly support all the demands. To maximize the benefit of each allotted dollar, a dependable method for forecasting costs is needed. In 1993, the Federal Highway Administration and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet authorized a study of current estimating methods for highway projects and the development of a better method, if possible. The research led to the development of a computer program, KYEstimate. It uses historical cost data and project length to calculate a unit cost (cost/kilometer or cost/mile), and promises to improve conceptual estimates for highway projects. KYEstimate is most beneficial in the planning stages of a project; the estimate produced should be viewed as a preliminary estimate only. The program has been designed to complement the skills of an estimator, and should make the conceptual estimating process easier and less time consuming. KYEstimate also provides justification and documentation for the estimate. Using their own historical data, other states could also benefit from this type of conceptual estimating.

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

English

p. 127-131

1997

Transportation Research Record

0301061601

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Computer programs; Construction; Cost estimating; Costs; Forecasting; Highway maintenance; History; Programming (Planning); Road construction; State departments of transportation; Time series; Unit costs

Construction costs; Cost data; Highway projects

Kentucky

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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 AS A SUPPORT TOOL IN CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATING IN STATE DOTS
• GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING BRIDGE COMPONENT INSPECTION AND REPAIRS
• IMPROVING ASPHALT PAVING PRODUCTIVITY
• 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