This section provides access to documents and templates that are intended to facilitate the preparation of roadway construction engineering estimates for use by the Riverside County Transportation Department.
Note: The documents provided below are intended for use by professional engineering consultants or by internal County staff and are not intended for use by the general public. See constructed cost worksheet for land Development or Permit work within Riverside County. It is expected that the targeted users are capable of viewing and printing Acrobat pdf files. As a result, these documents are provided as pdf files only.
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Engineering Estimate Guide(manual) - This document provides the basic procedures and methodology to be used in the preparation of engineer's estimates for the Riverside County Transportation Department. |
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Caltrans Standard Contract Bid Items- This document contains the Caltrans list of standard contract bid items. The list is made up of over 7,700 bid items and contains the full listing of both metric and English items. This document was derived from files provided on Caltrans website located here. See Also: Look Up Standard Item Codes and Descriptions This is a Caltrans on-line database and it consists of the Standard Contract Item Codes, and their Descriptions. If you need to know the Caltrans Item code for a particular item such as "Concrete pipe"... you can search for it here! |
11/21/99
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County Standard Contract Bid Items- This document contains the County list of standard contract bid items. This list covers County specific items that are not provided in the Caltrans list. |
7/28/99
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Frequently Used Bid Items- This is a quick reference list of commonly used items obtained from the Caltrans and County lists described above. |
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Units of Measure w/Standard Abbreviations This is a table containing the standard units of measure and the equivalent abbreviations for both English and metric units. |
01/05/99
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Conversion Factors (Eng-Met) & (Met-Eng) This document contains two tables for use in converting between the English and metric systems. |
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History of Cost for County Bid Items- This document is compiled from previous bids submitted on County projects. See Also: Caltrans Contract Item Cost Data Summary This is a tabulation of standard contract items and reflects the weighted averages of the low bidder's prices for those items. See Also: The Asphalt Price Index The Asphalt Price Index is used for adjustments to compensation for paving asphalt in accordance with the provisions of the special provisions section, "Compensation Adjustments for Price Index Fluctuations." See Also: The Quarterly California Highway Construction Cost Index This document is a publication of cost indexes based on quarterly data of Bids opened in that quarter (but not necessarily awarded). Standard items tracked in this index include Roadway Excavation, Aggregate Base, AC, PCC (pavement), PCC (structural), reinforcing steel, and Structural Steel. |
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Sample Printout of Completed Estimate- This is a printed sample of a completed engineer's estimate. |
11/21/98
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Estimate Template for Single Segment Bids This is a Microsoft Excel template for use in preparing an estimate. This template is used when there is no need to segment bid items into different categories of work. |
01/27/99
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Estimate Template for Multiple Segment Bids This is a Microsoft Excel template for use in preparing an estimate. This template is used when there is a need to segment bid items into different categories of work. Segmenting work may be useful in a variety of situations. Some examples include: separating bridge work from roadway work (required on federal projects), segmenting County or supplemental work items from contractor bid items, and/or separating different projects for billing purposes. |