New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Tra - Commissioner, Department of Transportation
Chapter Tra 500 - CONSTRUCTION AID AND RELOCATION SERVICES
Part Tra 502 - STATE HIGHWAY AID
Section Tra 502.02 - Definitions

(a) "American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials" (AASHTO) means a nonprofit, nonpartisan association headquartered in Washington, D.C.

(b) "Bureau" means the bureau of planning and community assistance of the department.

(c) "Construction cost" means all costs incurred necessary to construct a project, for labor, materials, and equipment, including the construction provider's overhead and profit.

(d) "Construction engineering cost" means all costs associated with administering and overseeing the construction of a project.

(e) "Construction provider" means a:

(f) "Design cost" means all costs incurred from initiation of design and review under Tra 502.09 or Tra 502.10 until the time of the award of a construction contract in accordance with Tra 502.12(a) or (b).

(g) "Miscellaneous costs" means costs other than construction, construction engineering, or design costs, incurred in the production of contract plans and proposals, advertisement for bids, permit fees and acquisition of property rights associated with right-of-way needs, including, but not limited to, appraisals, land damages, deed preparation, and recording fees.

(h) "Municipality" means a town, city, or unincorporated place in New Hampshire. The term does not include a village district.

(i) "Project" means a conceptual study or design, or both, and construction or reconstruction of a highway that has been agreed to by a municipality and the department, provided that, if the department or the municipality determines, after the conceptual study or design, or both, that the construction or reconstruction of the highway is not feasible at that time, the project may constitute the conceptual study or design, or both.