"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge ... New York"--Title page verso.
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A collection of 25 papers mainly by authors in the U.K.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-506) and index.
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Building cost research : need for a paradigm shift? / P.S. Brandon -- Models in building economics : a conceptual framework for the assessment of performance / J. Raftery -- A future for cost modelling / D.T. Beeston -- Developments in contract price forecasting and bidding techniques / R.M. Skitmore and B.R.T. Patchell -- An agenda for cost modelling / S. Newton -- The relative performance of new and traditional cost models in strategic advice for clients / C. Fortune and M. Lees -- A new approach to single price rate approximate estimating / W. James -- Predesign cost estimating function for buildings / V. Kouskoulas and E. Koehn -- Some examples of the use of regression analysis as an estimating tool / R. McCaffer -- Cost optimisation of buildings / A.D. Russell and K.T. Choudhary -- Predicting the tender price of buildings in the early design stage : method and validation / R. McCaffer, M.J. McCaffrey and A. Thorpe -- An investigation into building cost relationships of the following design variables : storey height, floor loading, column spacing, number of storeys / Wilderness Group -- The relationship between construction price and height / R. Flanagan and G. Norman -- Cost performance modelling / T. Maver -- The effect of location and other measurable parameters on tender levels / I. Pegg -- Cost consequences of design decisions : cost of contractors' operations / D.T. Beeston -- General purpose cost modelling / L.G. Holes and R. Thomas -- Simulation applied to construction projects / J. Bennett and R.N. Ormerod -- Cost modelling : a process modelling approach / P.A. Bowen, J.S. Wolvaardt and R.G. Taylor -- Automatic resource based cost-time forecasts / V.K. Marston and R.M. Skitmore -- One statistician's view of estimating / D.T. Beeston -- Accuracy in estimating / A. Ashworth and R.M. Skitmore -- The accuracy of quantity surveyors' cost estimating / N. Morrison -- Experiments in probabilistic cost modelling / A.J. Wilson -- The accuracy and monitoring of quantity surveyors' price forecasting for building work / R. Flanagan and G. Norman.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Building-- Estimates.
Construction industry-- Costs-- Mathematical models.
Building-- Estimates.
Construction industry-- Costs-- Mathematical models.