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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 502: Practices for Establishing Contract Completion Dates for Highway Projects documents current methodologies and procedures used by state transportation agencies to estimate contract time for various highway project delivery methods. Establishing contract time is an important part of the highway project development process because it directly impacts project costs, the public, and risk for contractors.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Practices for Establishing Contract Completion Dates for Highway Projects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24705.

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63 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/24705
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Front Matter i-vii
Summary 1-2
Chapter One - Introduction 3-5
Chapter Two - Literature Review 6-11
Chapter Three - Results of Contract Duration Survey 12-21
Chapter Four - Contract Duration Case Examples 22-30
Chapter Five - Conclusions 31-32
References 33-33
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire 34-41
Appendix B - Aggregated Survey Results 42-54
Appendix C - Interview Questions 55-56
Appendix D - Select Construction Duration Estimation Tools 57-65

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