Approaches to Improving Production Rate Information for Highway Projects

10 pages•Published: July 23, 2025

Janghwan Suk, H. David Jeong and Charles Gurganus

Abstract

Many Departments of Transportation (DOTs) utilize production rate tables as a tool to provide production rate information for construction activities that DOT estimators should consider when developing a project schedule and contract time. This spreadsheet-based tool offers the advantage of accessibility without requiring prior knowledge, as a quick reference table. However, many DOTs do not update their tables with actual data (e.g., historical bid data), which limits the practical utility of the tables. It is necessary to assess whether these tables provide sufficient and reliable production rate information for DOT estimators to perform project scheduling. This study focused on the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) construction production rate table and analyzed the production rate table in two phases: Phase 1: Identification of additional major work item candidates; Phase 2: Review and compare the production rate ranges with actual production rates. The findings from this study can be utilized not only to update the TxDOT construction production rate table but also to demonstrate the need of using actual data-driven production rate information.

Keyphrases: highway project, major work item, production rate estimation, production rate table

In: Wesley Collins, Anthony J. Perrenoud and John Posillico (editors). Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 61st Annual International Conference, vol 6, pages 591-600.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/NHr1
	https://doi.org/10.29007/gclz

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2025:Approaches_Improving_Production_Rate,
  author    = {Janghwan Suk and H. David Jeong and Charles Gurganus},
  title     = {Approaches to Improving Production Rate Information for Highway Projects},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 61st Annual International Conference},
  editor    = {Wesley Collins and Anthony J. Perrenoud and John Posillico},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {6},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/NHr1},
  doi       = {10.29007/gclz},
  pages     = {591-600},
  year      = {2025}}

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