Estimating future highway construction costs

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 272-279

  Wilmot, C G ^a   Cheng, G ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Estimation; Highway construction

Indexed keywords

BID; CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS; CONTRACT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COSTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 13844303116     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:3(272)     Document Type: Article

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