Influence of Short-Term Material Price Change on Highway Construction Cost
Taking short-term materials such as steel,cement,asphalt and flooring as examples,this paper analyzes the impact of short-term material price changes on highway construction costs.The research re-sults show that the price of steel,cement,asphalt and flooring materials in 2021 increased compared with that in 2020,with the rising rates of 19.1%,15.67%,11.08%and 24.82%respectively,accounting for 2.47%,2.28%,0.31%and 3.85%of the highway construction cost.The change range of short-term steel and cement price index is 2.5%~9.6%and 3%~10.9%respectively,the difference of change is 7.1%and 7.9%respectively,and the impact range on highway engineering cost is 0.002 1%~0.008 9%and 0.001 5%~0.009 6%.The rising cost of four kinds of materials accounts for 8.9%of the highway con-struction cost,which is relatively large in the highway construction cost.It is necessary to strengthen the highway construction cost management in the early stage.
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