NTL Record

Title Tunnel and Station Cost Methodology Volume II: Stations
Record ID 64346
Personal Name
Creator
Ramadan, M. Ziad; Parness, Barbara M.; Nasser, Youssef
Corporate Creator Multisystems, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Transportation Systems Center; United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Technology Development and Deployment; United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Rail and Construction Technology
Publisher United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19810000
Language English
Abstract The main objective of this study was to develop a model for estimating the cost of subway station and tunnel construction. This report describes a cost estimating methodology for subway tunnels that can be used by planners, designers, owners, and government agencies interested in evaluating a realistic range, within which the actual bid would fall, for the cost of subway tunnels. The study approach was to analyze the actual subway contractors' techniques and try to formalize their cost estimating processes into a realistic model. Extensive interviews were conducted with subway tunnel contractors and designers to identify the basic framework for estimating costs. In this report, a hierarchical cost estimating technique is developed whereby project-specific and contractor-specific factors are identified and structured, i.e., typical advance rates are developed for a variety of geological and geometrical conditions: crew sizes (by skill) for varying geological conditions and construction methods; type and size of equipment and their associated writeoff values; type of materials; contractor overhead, taxes, interest costs, etc. A database of actual equipment, labor, materials, and lump sum costs has been compiled and may be updated as changes occur.
Rosap ID dot:35088
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35088
TRT Terms Excavation and tunneling; Tunnels; Contractors; Data collection; Underground construction; Estimating; Cut and cover tunneling; Cost estimating; Rail transit stations; Subway stations
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Rail Transit
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1667893
Contract Number UM-148/R1712
Report Number DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-51.II
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/64000/64300/64346/Tunnel_and_station_cost_methodology-_Vol_II_Stations.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository