Fuel Usage Factors in Highway and Bridge Construction
Project Data
Funds:
$300,000
Research Agency:
Jack Faucett Associates
Principal Investigator:
Jonathan Skolnik
Effective Date:
5/10/2010
Completion Date:
11/30/2012
Comments:
The project final report is available as NCHRP Report 744.
The objectives of this research were to (1) identify present highway construction contract activities that are major consumers of fuel; (2) prepare fuel usage factors for these activities, including those items of work presented in Attachment 1 of FHWA Technical Advisory T5080.3, for base year 2012; and (3) develop a recommended practice for state DOTs to implement use of fuel adjustment factors and adjust them for both state-specific conditions and changes in construction costs, methods, and equipment.
