Projections of cost, duration, and on-site manual labor requirements for constructing electric generating plants, 1979-1983
The study provides a consistent set of base-line estimates of future capital costs and labor requirements for power plant construction that can be used by the government, utilities, constructors, labor organizations, industry vendors, and the general public for policy making and planning purposes. Separate projections for nuclear, hydroelectric, and fossil-fueled generating facilities are included. Within each category, estimates of on-site labor requirements are provided for 14 separate craft classifications. Projections also are presented for each of 10 geographical regions of the United States. It should be noted that the estimates are based upon power plants already under construction as well as those in advanced planning stages which are expected to be under construction during the 1979-1983 interval. Part I presents forecasts of work-hour requirements per kilowatt of installed capacity, detailed by type of power plant. Part II provides the forecast of work-year requirements, by craft. Within Part III are presented regional requirements of construction labor. Part IV discusses the forecasts of costs for constructing electric power plants. Appendix A contains information on the conceptual framework of the forecasting model and the econometric procedures used to estimate trend functions. Appendix B provides tabular information on unit work-hour requirements for constructing electric power plants. Appendix C presents tabular information on forecasted unit plant costs. Appendix D discusses methods for converting constant dollars to current dollars for nuclear power plant construction. Appendix E provides a listing of data sources and references.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Labor, Washington, DC (USA); Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (CI)
- OSTI ID:
- 5743329
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/IR--0057; DOL/CLDS/PP--2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CONSTRUCTION
COST
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
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