Are end treatments included in rail LF?

No — each terminal or transition is a separate EA pay item with its own index.

What governs which index applies?

Speed, offset, median vs roadside, and the barrier it connects to — per the FDM and the index’s own SPI.

Takeoff Guides

Guardrail Takeoff Guide

Short answer

A guardrail takeoff measures rail in linear feet by type — standard, double-faced, or thrie-beam — counts end treatments, transitions, and rub rails as EA, and derives posts from length divided by spacing; each piece is tied to the Standard Plans index it is built to.

Guardrail is the poster child for index-driven takeoff: every run is a Standard Plans index, every end is a treatment with its own index, and the plans call them out by number. The takeoff is length measurement plus index-count reconciliation.

The plans show guardrail as a labeled line on the plan sheets; the begin/end stations and the index callouts carry the quantities.

What to measure

Guardrail LF per run, by type and index.
End treatments at both ends of every run — by index.
Transitions to bridge rails and rigid barriers.
Median/mountable vs roadside conditions — different indexes.
Removals and resets on reconstruction work.
Special height or long-post requirements in the notes.

Guardrail takeoff units

Item	Unit	How measured
Guardrail — standard beam	LF	Begin-to-end station, by type
Thrie-beam / double-faced rail	LF	Same, kept separate by type
End treatments — anchors, crash cushions	EA	Each terminal end, by index
Transitions — bridge rail, rigid barrier	EA	Each connection, by index
Posts	EA	LF ÷ spacing, or per index requirements
Rub rail / special details	LF / EA	Where shown

Stations and indexes carry the quantities

A guardrail callout like "Begin Guardrail, Sta. 102+50" plus "End at Transition, Sta. 108+20" gives the length directly — 570 LF. The index callout gives the build. Takeoff is extracting both and checking the math.

Every end is a pay item

Standard runs end in treatments — trailing-end anchors upstream, crash cushions or flared terminals downstream. A run with two different ends prices differently than two of the same; count them individually by index.