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Summary ......................................................................................................... 70 Conclusions.......................................................................................................
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LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE Page 1 Typical project development phases for highway projects (NCHRP 8-49 Report 574)
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vii LIST OF TABLES TABLE Page 1 Development phases and typical activities (Anderson and Blaschke 2004; NCHRP 8-49 Report 574)
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Historically, a large portion of transportation projects have been underestimated (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1997; Flyvbjerg et al., 2002)
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• Management of these influencing factors and the right-of-way estimating process has the potential to significantly contribute to cost estimate consistency and accuracy throughout the project development process; • There is an opportunity to develop right-of-way specific cost estimating process steps based on successful SHA practices from around the country; and • There is a need to provide specific guidance on how to minimize controllable influencing factors and implement strategies, methods, and tools such that right-ofway estimates are improved. These findings established the initial basis and need for this research project.
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE The requested action to address the transportation industry's problems associated with right-of-way cost estimation and management of right-of-way estimates is summarized by the research objective statement: Develop an all-inclusive set of right-of-way cost estimation and cost estimate management procedures based upon literature and current SHA practice, which integrates cost estimate steps documented in NCHRP Report 574 to support the right-of-way process. RESEARCH FRAMEWORK The research framework in this study is similar to that utilized in the Project 8-49 study and documented in Report 98 (Anderson et al., 2007b)
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Figure 1. Typical Project Development Phases for Highway Projects (NCHRP 8-49 Report 574)
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These project development phases are important to the right-of-way research because they serve as benchmarks along a project timeline by which appropriate right-of-way process steps and tools can be identified. In general, the right-of-way cost estimation process is complex and differs from SHA to SHA, and sometimes may vary between SHA districts/regions.
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Task 3 – Develop Tools for Right-of-Way Cost Estimation and Cost Management Practices The main goal of this task was to identify tools currently in use by SHAs for right-of-way cost estimating and cost estimate management. These tools were catalogued for presentation in the Right-of-Way Procedures Guide.
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state laws, politics, and social factors. Subsequently, these issues were addressed by specific questions in the interview protocol.
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