Title: Forecasting highway construction staffing requirements
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.
Subjects: Road construction workers, Management, Planning
Places: United States