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Michigan Public Works Unit Price Explorer
Search real historical bid prices from Michigan public works projects.
Water, sewer, utility and public-works construction. No account required.
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All-bidder observations, not unique projects or winning bids. Prices are historical USD per stated unit, without inflation or regional adjustment. The middle 50% is P25–P75, calculated with linear interpolation. Price summaries require at least 10 observations, 3 projects and 3 agencies per unit; smaller groups are omitted. Different sizes, materials and scopes can still vary within a unit. Outliers are retained. These are research comparisons, not construction estimates or quotes.
Browse historical Michigan prices
- Aggregate Base813 observations
- Boring/Directional Drilling62 observations
- Casing Pipe59 observations
- Cleaning44 observations
- Concrete1,223 observations
- Curb and Gutter1,630 observations
- Dewatering15 observations
- Excavation/Trenching223 observations
- Gate valve566 observations
- HMA/Asphalt3,601 observations
- Hydrant assembly478 observations
- Pavement removal609 observations
- Sanitary manhole733 observations
- Sanitary Sewer428 observations
- Sewer - unspecified1,139 observations
- Sewer tap287 observations
- Sidewalk940 observations
- Site Restoration433 observations
- Storm Sewer188 observations
- Televising153 observations
- Valve137 observations
- Water main connection114 observations
- Water main cut and cap129 observations
- Water main fitting41 observations
- Water main line stop91 observations
- Water main pipe1,017 observations
- Water service505 observations
How to read these prices
The explorer searches usable normalized records by description, normalized item, material and category. Every query word must match a whole word; punctuation and inch notation are standardized. Filters narrow the same records. It does not infer missing material or scope.
One observation is one bidder’s unit price for one project item. Records marked unusable are excluded; valid outliers remain flagged. Price differences reflect date, quantity, depth, restoration, site conditions and bid strategy. The free sample is fixed across searches, filters and sorting; it may not contain a row for every matching query. Full distributions use all eligible matching records, grouped by unit.
Coverage: January 6, 2023–July 31, 2026 (partial year); edition prepared August 30, 2026. No government endorsement is implied. Read the methodology.