Practical guide to cost estimating.

A State Department of Transportation's (DOT) ability to successfully manage and deliver its program is largely dependent on an ability to develop realistic estimates of project cost. Cost estimating involves not only the collection of relevant factors relating to the scope of a project and the...

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Corporate Author American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, [2013]
EditionFirst edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781680152265
1680152262
9781560515333
1560515333
Physical Description1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations, charts, plans, forms

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Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • ch. 1. Practical guide to cost estimating overview
  • pt. I. Key estimate techniques
  • ch. 2. Conceptual estimating
  • ch. 3. Bid-based estimates
  • ch. 4. Cost-based estimates
  • ch. 5. Risk-based Estimates
  • pt. II. Cost management
  • ch. 6. Inflationary considerations
  • ch. 7. Letting strategies for cost control
  • ch. 8. Analysis of contractor bids
  • ch. 9. Performance measures for cost estimating
  • ch. 10. Definitions.