Construction Production Rates

March 12, 2024

These rates were originally developed in coordination with the following parties.

Construction Division Pharr District

Beaumont District The Associated General
Contractors of Texas
Houston District
Tyler District

In accordance with the 2016–2017 Sunset Advisory Commission Staff Report

Recommendation 3.7, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has updated
construction production rate information for estimating project timelines. Minor production
rate updates for 2024 were conducted via analysis of survey data from the Districts. TxDOT
will review and update these rates, as appropriate, by March every two years.

The following assumptions were made in the development of these rates.

• Engineering judgement must be used in the application of these rates.

• Proper critical path method scheduling methods must be used for construction time
determination.
• Construction activities must be schedules according to project phase narrative.
• Single crews will be mobilized for each independent activity.
• Utility construction in plans set is not included in these rates.
• Weather delays are not accounted for in these rates.

The following conditions would likely cause the proposed construction production rates to
fall outside the estimated ranges shown, therefore warranting additional effort to determine
proper rates:

• Extremely small or extremely large work zones,

• Long distances from materials sources,
• High average daily traffic (ADT) in project area, or
• Extremely low or extremely high quantities of bid items.
 2024 Construction Production Rates

Production Rates
LINE NO. MAJOR WORK ITEMS UNITS
LOW MED HIGH
100 ITEMS
1 Preparing ROW AC 1 3 6
2 Removing Conc Pav SY 1,510 1,974 4,000
3 Removing Conc CY 25 105 255
4 Removing Stab Base and Asph SY 1,425 2,915 4,430
5 Removing Stab Base and Asph CY 500 930 1,263
6 Excavation (Roadway)(Earth) CY 500 2,050 3,500
7 Excavation (Roadway)(Rock) CY 250 1,000 1,440
8 Embankment CY 508 2,030 4,240
10 Seeding/Sod SY 1,000 2,500 4,000
200 ITEMS
11 Flex Base CY 500 750 1,250
12 Rework Bs Mtl CY 250 500 750
13 Lime Trt SY 688 2,495 4,108
14 Cement Treat SY 1,585 2,529 3,325
15 Asphalt Stab Base (Plant Produced) TON 305 744 1,309
300 ITEMS
16 Prime Coat GAL 1,000 4,500 8,000
17 Seal Coat SY 14,000 36,000 140,000
18 ACP TON 505 978 1,690
19 Superpave HMA (mat thickness over 1") TON 522 1,000 1,713
20 PFC (mat thickness over 1") TON 250 560 850
21 SMA (mat thickness over 1") TON 300 1,000 1,750
22 TOM (mat thickness of 1" or less) TON 200 500 750
24 Asphalt Planing/Milling SY 2,450 7,430 12,075
25 Conc Pvmt (CRCP) - Hand Pour SY 192 523 746
26 Conc Pvmt (CRCP) - Slipform SY 972 2,463 4,170
400 ITEMS
27 Temp Special Shoring/Cofferdams SF 130 538 915
28 Soil Nails/Rock Nails LF 208 415 708
29 Drilled Shafts LF 33 104 203
30 Piling LF 100 150 200
31 Sheet Piling SF 250 350 650
32 Wall, MSE SF 105 358 810
33 Wall, Fascia SF 200 263 512
34 Retaining Wall, Reinforced Concrete SF 120 175 220
36 Corrugated Metal Pipe LF 50 117 243
37 Reinfoced Concrete Pipe LF 80 119 212
38 Concrete Box Culvert LF 31 74 135
39 Junciton Box EA 0.50 0.70 1.00
40 Headwall EA 0.20 0.40 0.60
41 Wingwall EA 0.10 0.20 0.30
42 Jack and Bore Culvert LF 20 40 70
43 Concrete Footing EA 0.20 0.27 0.36

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 2024 Construction Production Rates

Production Rates
LINE NO. MAJOR WORK ITEMS UNITS
LOW MED HIGH
400 ITEMS cont.
44 Concrete Abutment EA 0.24 0.25 0.30
45 Concrete Bent (Multi‐column) EA 0.05 0.10 0.18
46 Concrete Bent (Single‐column) EA 0.17 0.20 0.18
47 Concrete Bent (Post‐tensioned) EA 0.07 0.10 0.14
48 Concrete Beam (Simple Span) EA/span EA 6 8 11
49 Concrete Beam (Spliced Girder) EA/span EA 0.10 0.20 0.35
50 Steel Girder (Plate) EA/span EA 0.15 0.25 0.42
51 Steel Girder (Tub) EA/span EA 0.24 0.39 0.65
52 Bridge Deck SF 500 920 2,117
53 Bridge Deck (Extend) SF 100 200 300
54 Bridge Approach Slab CY 6 11 18
55 Concrete Overlay SY 100 300 500
56 Steel Cleaning and Painting SF 250 500 750
57 Concrete Rail (Slipform) LF 100 271 601
58 Concrete Rail (Combination/Formwork) LF 25 60 100
59 Rail Retrofit LF 10 25 50
60 Remove Structure (0‐99 FT) EA 0.20 0.40 0.75
61 Remove Structure (100‐499 FT) EA 0.19 0.40 0.59
62 Remove Structure (500‐999 FT) EA 0.05 0.15 0.30
63 Remove Structure (1000 FT or greater) EA 0.01 0.10 0.20
500 ITEMS
64 Port CTB LF 746 2,000 4,000
65 Perm CTB LF 200 400 600
66 Conc Curb & Gutter LF 288 554 1,000
67 Conc Sidewalks SY 30 132 415
68 Cable Barrier System LF 200 300 800
600 ITEMS
70 Overhead Sign Bridge EA 0.50 1.00 2.00
71 Pavement Marking (Paint) LF 12,500 50,000 100,000
72 Pavement Marking (Buttons/Markers) EA 1,000 2,000 3,000
73 Temp Traffic Signal EA 0.10 0.17 0.30
74 Perm Traffic Signal EA 0.05 0.10 0.22
75 Bridge Deck Repair Full Depth SF 30 60 100

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