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2003 AACE International Transactions EST.02 The Productivity Baseline Dr. Ronald Gulezian and Frederick Z. Samelian he most common ways of assessing labor productivity • Modified total cost loss in construction claims attempts to determine the • Measured Mile reduction in productivity from what a contractor • Jury verdict T would have achieved but-for an owner-caused disrup- • Quantum meruit tion. This is accomplished, in one form or another, by comparing actual performance to some measure of the productivity expected The total cost method is the most basic approach for calcu- to be experienced by the contractor under normal operating con- lating damages, and subtracts the estimated labor costs, or bid, ditions. To date, the various methods used to accomplish this typ- from the actual labor cost plus profit. Causal factors for which an ically rely on the best information available on a case-by-case owner is not responsible are not considered. These factors are con- basis. None of the methods accurately captures the baseline pro- sidered in the modified total cost method, which subtracts from ductivity in all cases, which represents normal contractor operat- the actual cost the contractor’s bid estimate and the costs due to ing performance. There is a way, however, to use a single general contractor errors. In the case of the measured mile, the actual cost approach for determining a productivity baseline that reflects a associated with a disrupted work period is compared to a project- contractor’s normal operat