CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT PRODUCTIVITY AND COST ECONOMICS IN HIGHWAY PROJECTS: CASE STUDY PART I (SITE SPECIFIC STUDY)

Highway construction projects uses huge amount of resources on and off the field in the form of plants and equipments due to time and quality constraints. The present study is mainly concentrated on equipment productivity along with different performance measurement. Case study was carried out at selected highway projects sites and presents in two parts. Part I of the study highlight the site specific performance and cost economics of equipments. The data were analyzed on the basis of their availability, utility, performance, production rate and cost components. . The availability of the equipments show a very high percentage (90-98) % indicating that the equipments are well organized, properly maintained and within the site. The total cost of the equipments is mostly proportional to the energy cost with (60-70)% of the total expenditure.