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Understanding Productivity in the Transportation Construction Industry

Published:2022-07-27 Issue:2 Volume:2677 Page:686-695
ISSN:0361-1981
Container-title:Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
language:en
Short-container-title:Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Author:

Nevett Guillermo¹^ORCID,Goodrum Paul M.²,Littlejohn Ray L.³

Affiliation:

1. Construction Data Services, LLC, Boulder, CO

2. Department of Construction Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

3. Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO

Abstract

There is an ongoing long-term debate about trends in construction productivity. This research examines the productivity of the transportation construction segment, specifically the transportation construction industry in Colorado. The paper examines 14 years of transportation data from 880 projects executed in the state of Colorado between 2004 and 2016. By evaluating the coefficients extracted from over 35 linear regression models, it analyzes how productivity in the Colorado transportation construction industry has evolved over recent years. Provided with a rich database, the study focuses on productivity at the more detailed project level, which will help explain the varying trends observed by different authors. This level of detail presents a comprehensive analysis of productivity for a segment of the transportation construction industry that has not yet been described in the literature.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Civil and Structural Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/03611981221108157

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