Is the money keeping pace with the calendar?

How these numbers are made

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• FACT printed on CDOT's monthly dashboard for that contract and month. The link above the cards opens that document.
• CALC our arithmetic on those figures, with the formula stated here.

Formulas

• Time used % = days elapsed ÷ days total, both as CDOT prints them.
• Paid % = payments to date ÷ current contract value.
• Gap, in percentage points = paid % − time used %. It is a difference of two percentages, so it is in percentage points, not percent. Above zero, the contract is paid ahead of the calendar (▲). Below zero, it is paid behind the calendar (▼).
• Gap, in dollars = payments to date − time used % × contract value. It is how far payments sit from what an even pace would have paid by then.
• An even pace is our baseline, not CDOT's plan. It assumes the money is paid at the same rate as the contract's days pass. CDOT does not publish an expected spending curve for these contracts. Construction spending rarely keeps a steady rate: mobilization and early materials run ahead, winter slows work, closeout runs behind, and retainage holds back part of each payment. So a gap either way is a question to ask, not a verdict. It compares money with time, never with the work done.

What this does not show

• These are payments on each contract, not the whole cost of the project. Design outside these contracts, right of way and CDOT's own costs are in none of them.
• Every figure on this page is read from 1 of CDOT's monthly dashboards, October 2026. None is typed by hand.