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Project cost estimating manual

The purpose of this manual is to provide guidelines for the preparation of cost estimates for all transport infrastructure capital works projects developed by the department.

• Complete manual: fourth edition July 2009 (PDF, 2.14 MB) 
• Annexure A (PDF, 29 KB) 
• Annexure B (PDF, 24 KB) 
• Annexure C (PDF, 151 KB) 
• Annexure D (PDF, 871 KB) 
• Annexure E (PDF, 119 KB) 
• Annexure E: contingency for strategic estimates (XLS, 23 KB) 
• Annexure F (PDF, 682 KB) 
• Annexure G (PDF, 17 KB) 
• Annexure H (PDF, 116 KB) 
• Annexure H: escalation calculator (XLS, 27 KB) 
• Project cost estimate: summary and approval (PDF, 410 KB) 
• Project cost estimate: companion document (PDF, 32 KB)