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Transportation Engineering

University of Kentucky

1991

Actual cost estimate approach

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Engineering Estimates And Fhwa Accuracy Criterion, David Q. Hunsucker Jul 1991

Engineering Estimates And Fhwa Accuracy Criterion, David Q. Hunsucker

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Federal Highway Administration requires the construction cost estimate of the highway engineer to be a projection of the low bid, and be within +/- 10 percent of the low bid for at least 50 percent of the projects awarded. Construction cost estimates developed by the Estimating Staff of the Kentucky Department of Highways have not always met this criterion in years past.

The Estimating Staff of the Kentucky Department of Highways use an actual cost approach to generate construction cost estimates. It was concluded that the Department's estimating staff possess the ability to do very thorough and accurate work. …