03499cam a2200409 i 4500 20260818155507.0 251198s1991 th r 0000|00eng d .b10035217 AIT Thesis no. GT-90-19 Sthapit, Naresh A model to estimate highway construction costs in Nepal Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 99 p. Thesis ; no. GT-90-19 A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 In a developing country like Nepal, where in most cases the projects are externally financed, there is still the overiding tendency to overemphasise the minimisation of construction costs in a highway project. But the cost estimates to be used at the earlier stage of design, where only a limited data will be available for analysis, have usually been based on lump sum unit costs derived from historic data on similar schemes, which often may not give a satisfactory result. A generalised model is hence analysed which could be used for any part of the country in any topographical conditions to estimate the construction cost for a highway project at the route location stage with the constraints of Nepal Road Standards and current practice. The model basically consists of three parts for the estimation of earthwork cost, retaining wall cost and the bridge cost respectively. Each part of the model is independent to each other and hence can also be used independently. The basic input data required is the general topographical information of the area concerned in terms of topographical contoured maps. The model assumes a predetermined horizontal alignment and the centre line profile of the ground surf ace has to be prepared at around 1:10000 horizontal and 1:2000 vertical scale. The results obtained were satisfactory and hence can be used to estimate the parameters successfully. The estimate tested was well within the accuracy desired at the earlier stage of design and the statistical test on the accuracy of the mode l shows a satisfactory result. Road construction Economic aspects Nepal Mori, Hiroshi, Chairperson Yordphol Tanaboriboon, Examination Committee Fukuda, Atsushi, Examination Committee DAAD (Federal Republic of Germany), Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GT-90-19 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B17554 .b10035217 mnait s 240409 2 951012 m a s 2 mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050003017018 CREATED : 1995-10-13 RECORD # : i10020548 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050003017026 CREATED : 1995-10-13 RECORD # : i1002055x LPATRON : 1011851 LCHKIN : 2000-02-10 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 1 Barcode : 30050120309314 CREATED : 2016-05-25 RECORD # : i12990930 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 77491 77491 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 10.00 0 AIT Thesis no. GT-90-19 30050003017018 2026-08-18 15:55:07 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 10.00 0 AIT Thesis no. GT-90-19 30050003017026 2026-08-18 15:55:07 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. GT-90-19 30050120309314 2026-08-18 15:55:07 1 2026-08-18 40