"Despite the general price decrease of construction projects the price of highway projects has tended to rise. Research has shown that building highways in the Czech Republic costs about 30% more than comparable projects abroad, for example in Germany and Austria. The paper will identify possible causes within the process of construction of highways. The paper will also identify the possibilities of cost optimization for the construction process. The authors summarize the causes of the high costs and at the same time propose methods to reduce these costs. The public sector may use the results to identify ineffectiveness of construction processes in the area of traffic projects in the Czech Republic. The proposed optimization procedures should lead to cost reductions." . . "3"^^ . "Hromada, Eduard" . "1877-7058" . . "Johnston, H. J." . . "2"^^ . "Cost Structure of the Highway Projects in the Czech Republic" . "21110" . "9066" . "RIV/68407700:21110/14:00223337" . "9"^^ . "85" . "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705814019134" . "NL - Nizozemsko" . "Cost Structure of the Highway Projects in the Czech Republic"@en . . "10.1016/j.proeng.2014.10.547" . . . "Procedia Engineering" . "RIV/68407700:21110/14:00223337!RIV15-MSM-21110___" . "Despite the general price decrease of construction projects the price of highway projects has tended to rise. Research has shown that building highways in the Czech Republic costs about 30% more than comparable projects abroad, for example in Germany and Austria. The paper will identify possible causes within the process of construction of highways. The paper will also identify the possibilities of cost optimization for the construction process. The authors summarize the causes of the high costs and at the same time propose methods to reduce these costs. The public sector may use the results to identify ineffectiveness of construction processes in the area of traffic projects in the Czech Republic. The proposed optimization procedures should lead to cost reductions."@en . "S" . "Cost Structure of the Highway Projects in the Czech Republic" . . . "2014" . . . . "Cost Structure of the Highway Projects in the Czech Republic"@en . . . . "Schneiderov\u00E1 Heralov\u00E1, Ren\u00E1ta" . "construction costs; cost optimization; cost reduction; motorways; traffic project"@en . . . . "[12707CDCF0A2]" .