APPENDIX B 

 EXAMPLE COST ESTIMATE* 



Location: Lake Erie from the New York- Pennsylvania border west to Toledo, OH 



Data Requirements: 700 track-line miles of seismic reflection profiles, side- 

 scan sonar, and 150 cores 



Date of Estimate: 1977 



1. Presurvey planning 



2. Seismic operations 



a. Travel and equipment transport 



(1) Research vessel and crew 



(2) Seismic system 



(a) Seismic equipment and two operators 



(b) Truck rental 



(c) Electronics technician 



(3) Positioning system 



(4) Technical personnel 



(a) Project leader 



(b) Project geologist 



(c) Engineering technician 



b. Equipment and manpower 



(1) Seismic data collection 



(a) Seismic system checkout and 

 preparation (bench) 



(b) Seismic system (includes system, 

 operators, and electronics technician) 



i Data collection for 700 trackline 

 mi les 



2 Contingency days 



3 Mobilization and demobilization 



4 System checkout (field) 



5 Miscellaneous supplies 



(2) Side-scan sonar data collection 



(a) Side- scan system checkout and 

 preparation (bench) 



(b) Side-scan system (includes system and 

 operators) 



1 Data collection 



2 Contingency days 



Unit 



Item 





cost 



cost 



Subtotal 



$ 2,400 



$ 2,400 



($ 2,400) 



($ 65,225) 



5,150 



1,500 



1,500 





1,500 



1,500 





800 



800 





500 



500 





250 



250 





200 



200 





250 



250 





150 



150 









1,200 



1,200 







$600/day 





20 



days 



600/day 



12,000 



5 



days 



600/day 



3,000 



3 



days 



600/day 



1,800 



0.! 



> day 



600/day 



300 







300 



300 



20 days 

 5 days 



500 



325/day 

 325/day 



500 



6,500 

 1,625 



18,600 



10,065 



* Prins, D. A. 1980. "Data Collection Methods for Sand Inventory Type Sur- 

 veys," Coastal Engineering Technical Aid No. 80-4, US Army Engineer Water- 



ways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. 



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