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BL
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976091
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b730461
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| Title & Author
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Cost modelling /\ [edited by] Martin Skitmore and Vernon Marston.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: E & FN Spon,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Foundations of building economics
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| Page. NO
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xviii, 512 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0419192301
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: 9780419192305
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| Notes
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"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.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-506) and index.
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| Contents
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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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Building-- Estimates.
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Construction industry-- Costs-- Mathematical models.
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Building-- Estimates.
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Construction industry-- Costs-- Mathematical models.
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Economische modellen.
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Kostprijsberekening.
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| Dewey Classification
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692/.5
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| LC Classification
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TH435.C82 1999
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85.25bcl
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| Added Entry
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Marston, Vernon.
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Skitmore, R. M., (Ronald Martin)
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