Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction

Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction
Author: Stuart D. Anderson
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2007
Genre: Highway planning
ISBN: 0309098750

'TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 574: Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction explores approaches to cost estimation and management designed to overcome the root causes of cost escalation and to support the development of consistent and accurate project estimates through all phases of the development process, from long-range planning, through priority programming, and through project design. NCHRP Web-Only Document 98 details the steps followed by the research team in the development of NCHRP Report 574"--Publisher's description.

Guidelines for the Use of Pavement Warranties on Highway Construction Projects

Guidelines for the Use of Pavement Warranties on Highway Construction Projects
Author: Sidney Scott
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2011
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0309213304

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 699: Guidelines for the Use of Pavement Warranties on Highway Construction Projects is designed to help guide state departments of transportation (DOTs) in establishing pavement warranty programs.

Best-value Procurement Methods for Highway Construction Projects

Best-value Procurement Methods for Highway Construction Projects
Author: Sidney Scott
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2006
Genre: Government purchasing
ISBN: 0309098580

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 561: Best-Value Procurement Methods for Highway Construction Projects examines procurement methods, award algorithms, and rating systems for use in awarding best-value highway construction contracts. The report also explores screening criteria for selecting projects for application of best-value procurement, implementation strategies, and a model best-value specification"--Publisher's description.

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Total Pages: 542
Release: 2010
Genre: Highway research
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Guidebook on Risk Analysis Tools and Management Practices to Control Transportation Project Costs

Guidebook on Risk Analysis Tools and Management Practices to Control Transportation Project Costs
Author: Keith Robert Molenaar
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2010
Genre: Project management
ISBN: 0309154766

This guidebook provides guidance to state departments of transportation for using specific, practical, and risk-related management practices and analysis tools for managing and controlling transportation project costs. Containing a toolbox for agencies to use in selecting the appropriate strategies, methods and tools to apply in meeting their cost-estimation and cost-control objectives, this guidebook should be of immediate use to practitioners that are accountable for the accuracy and reliability of cost estimates during planning, priority programming and preconstruction.

Microsurfacing

Microsurfacing
Author: Douglas D. Gransberg
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2010
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309143195

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 411: Microsurfacing explores highway microsurfacing project selection, design, contracting, equipment, construction, and performance measurement processes used by transportation agencies in the United States and Canada. Microsurfacing is a polymer-modified cold-mix surface treatment that has the potential to address a broad range of problems on today's highways --

Pavement Marking Warranty Specifications

Pavement Marking Warranty Specifications
Author: Michael J. Markow
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309143209

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 408: Pavement Marking Warranty Specifications presents information on the use of pavement marking warranties by United States and Canadian transportation agencies, including agency specifications. European experience is also included in the report for comparison purposes. Appendices D and E for NCHRP Synthesis 408 are available online--