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I am looking for a fee on-line cost
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You know....like a State Department of Transportation cost estimating catalog. It lists items like 18" HDPE pipe and will give a couple of average costs for that product throughout the state. Every DOT has one. I need one for PA...I have slim hope but I was wondering if anyone on the net in digital form.
Don’t know of anything on the net but check out the R.S.Means series.
They are available electronically (on CD format) and have location factors for all of Canada and the USA. (Paper copies also available)
Like all estimating tools they have to be applied with some considerable knowledge of what you are doing. For example, there are listed optimum and suggested crew sizes. These crews may not be available at your location without significant mobilization and demobilization costs. Also local site factors will cause the actual costs to vary greatly from those in the program.
My experience with the company's data, both paper and electronic formats, is that the estimate is as good as the effort put into generating the necessary detail to compile the estimate. You can get order of magnitude estimates quickly and easily or you can get a detailed cost breakdown with considerable effort.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
They are available electronically (on CD format) and have location factors for all of Canada and the USA. (Paper copies also available)
Like all estimating tools they have to be applied with some considerable knowledge of what you are doing. For example, there are listed optimum and suggested crew sizes. These crews may not be available at your location without significant mobilization and demobilization costs. Also local site factors will cause the actual costs to vary greatly from those in the program.
My experience with the company's data, both paper and electronic formats, is that the estimate is as good as the effort put into generating the necessary detail to compile the estimate. You can get order of magnitude estimates quickly and easily or you can get a detailed cost breakdown with considerable effort.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
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spatzENGR,
The site you are after: Look under Electronic Bidding on the left side of the page then look at Bid Tabs.
Other sites that may be of value:
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/Bureaus/design/PUB352/TOC-352/TOC-352.pdf - Cost Estimating Manual
Hope this helps. Jeff Foster, PE
CE Group, Inc.
Apex, NC
The site you are after: Look under Electronic Bidding on the left side of the page then look at Bid Tabs.
Other sites that may be of value:
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/Bureaus/design/PUB352/TOC-352/TOC-352.pdf - Cost Estimating Manual
Hope this helps. Jeff Foster, PE
CE Group, Inc.
Apex, NC
jrfosterjr
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One update on the last post, the link you are after should be as follows:
Jeff Foster, PE
CE Group, Inc.
Apex, NC
Jeff Foster, PE
CE Group, Inc.
Apex, NC
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