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DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS OVER $1,000,000 ON THE
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM REPORTED DURING
CALENDAR YEAR 2000 AS COMPLETED

Materials and Supplies: Aggregates  2/ 4.3%, Portland Cement 3/ 10.8%, Bituments 4/  7.0%, Steel 5/  4.5%, Other 14.2, Wages 6/ 19.5%, Equipment, Overhead & Profit 1/ 39.7%

1/ Equipment includes fuel and lubricants 2.9%, but excludes operators' and mechanics' wages. Overhead includes contractors' on-site expenses such as mobilization, office, rental, licenses, insurance, etc.

2/ Aggregates consists of sand, gravel, slag, crushed stone, ect., for use in bases, portland cement, concrete and bituminous surfaces, and portland cement concrete structures.

3/ For both roadway and structures.

4/ For various types of bituminous surfaces and bases.

5/ Includes structural, reinforcing, culvert and miscellaneous steel.

6/ Gross earnings of contractors' employees in the following classifications: Administrative and Supervisory, Skilled, Intermediate, and Unskilled labor.

Source: Office of Program Administration
Office of Infrastructure, FHWA
(202) 366-4636

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