Clarita Contracting builds roads, tunnels, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure. The following are the budgeted costs and time (months) to a given stage of completion for a project to upgrade a bridge to current standards. The project was originally estimated to take 25 months to complete. Also presented are the actual results through the first 11 months of the project. Percentage Complete OR 41 81 128 16% 20% 24% 28% 324 368 40% 44% 48% 528 56% 60% 648 60% 72% 76% BON 84% 801 92% 96% 100% Cost (5000) Budget 0 213 471 775 1,125 1,520 1,961 2,447 2,979 3,557 4,180 4,849 5,563 6,323 7,129 7,980 8,877 9,819 10,807 11,841 12,920 14,045 15,215 16,431 17,693 19,000 Actual 0 112 266 464 706 990 1,317 1,688 2,102 2,559 3,059 3,063 4,189 4,819 Months to Reach Budget Actual 0 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 25 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 11 Required: a. At this time, what is the current cost over- (under-) run on the project? Note: Enter your answer in dollars and not in thousands of dollars. b. At this time, by how far ahead or behind schedule is the project in terms of percentage of completion?

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