Estimating soft costs for major public transportation fixed guideway projects
By: AECOM ... [et al.].
Contributors: Transit Cooperative Research Program; United States. Federal Transit Administration; Transit Development Corporation; AECOM Consult, Inc
Series: TCRP report -- 138
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9780309118262
Subjects: Planning; Street-railroads; Estimates; Local transit; Costs; Design and construction
Description: TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 138: Estimating Soft Costs for Major Public Transportation Fixed Guideway Projects defines and describes soft costs and provides a new suggested methodology to estimate soft costs based on historical projects. The report also examines detailed technical information about the data collection, methodology, and statistical analysis that was used to develop the suggested methodology.
Notes: At head of title: Transit Cooperative Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-57).

Also published in electronic format online.

Research sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation TCRP project G-10.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Guidebook; title: pt. 2. Final report.; title: Part 1. Guidebook; title: Ch. 1. What Are Soft Costs and Why Do They Matter?; title: Ch. 2. How and Who This Guidebook Helps : Audience and Circumstances; title: Ch. 3. What Are Soft Costs?; title: Ch. 4. How Does the Federal New Starts Process Relate to Soft Costs?; title: Ch. 5. How Does the Construction Industry Estimate Soft Costs?; title: Ch. 6. How to Estimate Soft Costs for a New Project; title: Part 2. Final Report; title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 2. Literature Review on Soft Cost Definition and Components; title: Ch. 3. Soft Cost Estimation : State of the Practice; title: Ch. 4. As-Built Soft Cost Analysis; title: Ch. 5. Conclusion.