Forecasting highway construction staffing requirements
By: consultants, Timothy R.B. Taylor and William F. Maloney, University of Kentucky Department of Civil Engineering, Lexington, Kentucky
Contributors: Maloney, William Francis, author; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP synthesis -- 450; Synthesis of highway practice -- 450.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
ISBN-13: 9780309270960
Subjects: Road construction workers; Management; Planning
Description: "Adequate construction staffing is critical for performance of highway construction projects.  The variable nature of these projects, however, can make it difficult to estimate construction  staff requirements for both the short and long term. This study gathered information on the  methods being used at highway transportation agencies to forecast staffing requirements.  These methods are diverse and range from simple heuristics based on generic project types to  multi-variate regression models developed from historical project data.  Information for this study was acquired through a literature review, surveys of state  transportation agencies, and site visits to non-state agencies.  Timothy R.B. Taylor and William F. Maloney, University of Kentucky Department of  Civil Engineering, Lexington, Kentucky, collected and synthesized the information and  wrote the report. The members of the topic panel are acknowledged on the preceding page.  This synthesis is an immediately useful document that records the practices that were  acceptable with the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation.  As progress in research and practice continues, new knowledge will be added to that now  at hand"--Preface.
Notes: "A synthesis of highway practice."

At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-35).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration NCHRP project 20-05 (topic 43-13)