Calculate labor and equipment costs based on cycle times, production rates, and time on the job using the appropriate quantities of work.

Heavy civil projects often require large amounts of earthwork. Your company is about to bid on such a project. The Burlington Northern Railroad would like to relocate a portion of their line in a remote area of Southern Colorado. The job will require a large amount of earth moving to create a new embankment, remove unsuitable fill, and other ancillary work such as fence removal, tree removal, clearing and grubbing, setting culverts, and other items. You will be competing with a number of different companies and have access to all bid docs, the plans and specifications for the site. Per specs, you will be given certain equipment, methods and means to complete the project. Your job through the next eight weeks is to prepare a comprehensive bid, including all documentation signed and delivered to your upper management team so that they can submit the company bid before the deadline in Week 8. Files provided: BNR_Railroad_Embankment_Project.doc Click for more options General_Contract_Schedule.xls Click for more options CET_305 Railroad_Embankment_Project Click for more options BNR_Relocation_Project.pdf Click for more options Milestone 1: Review the Bid Documents (25 points) In Module 3, your first job is to develop the bid documents for key dates, insurance requirements, and bonding requirements and create a checklist of items that should be included in the bid package. You should also put together a list of work items and key deliverable dates. Also, develop the general conditions and schedule(s) for the project. Submit these items by the end of the week. Milestone 2: Checklists, Risk Assessment, Review of Plans (25 Points) In Module 4, you will demonstrate an estimating work plan, procedures, checklists and documentation as well as assess and analyze risk. You will submit a risk analysis and assessment plan, which includes a spreadsheet that identifies risk, rates its likelihood, impact, rating (low, moderate, and high), a risk control strategy, owner, expected date/phase/event of occurrence, expected retirement of risk and status. Review the plan and profile sheets, cross-section, and bid docs for volume of material and haul distances. Give a brief summary of bid/no bid arguments for this project. Milestone 3: Equipment Selection (25 Points) For this milestone in Module 5, you will select the type, size, and number of available equipment for construction operations. Determine equipment production rates; you may use manuals such as the Caterpillar Handbook. Lastly, evaluate the cycle times and production rates. Milestone 4: Project Calculations (25 Points) In this milestone due in Module 7, complete and submit the following: Final quantity calculations for all of the work on the project. Estimate total time the equipment will be on the job. Calculate labor and equipment costs based on cycle times, production rates, and time on the job using the appropriate quantities of work. Add a reasonable contingency based on risk. Submit a schedule to include mobilization and demobilization. Submit a spreadsheet detailing all bid tab items, costs, backup, contingency, profit and overhead.