Washington Administrative Code
Title 136 - County Road Administration Board
Chapter 136-18 - Standards of good practice - Construction by county forces
Section 136-18-020 - Definitions

(1) Construction - The building of a new road facility or improvement of an existing facility to a higher geometric or structural standard.

(2) Construction by county forces - Construction work performed by personnel carried on the county payroll using county owned, leased or rented equipment.

(3) Authorization date - The date that construction is authorized.

(4) Start of construction - The date that construction work commences.

(5) End of construction - The date that construction work is completed.

(6) Completion date - The date on which a county road project is closed in the accounting records.

(7) Estimated construction costs - The county engineer's estimate of the cost of contemplated construction work, not including preliminary engineering and right of way acquisition costs.

(8) Estimated project costs - The county engineer's estimate of the cost of engineering, right of way acquisition, and construction.

(9) True and complete construction costs - The accounting record of all construction costs attributed to a county road project from the authorization date to the completion date.

(10) True and complete project costs - The accounting record of all engineering, right of way acquisition, and construction costs attributed to a county road project from the authorization date to the completion date.

(11) Construction by county forces road project - Construction by county forces authorized by action of the county legislative authority in those counties where a cumulative dollar limit applies to all construction by county forces.