construction cost and price forecasting, yet until relatively recently industry has been unfamiliar with their characteristics and properties. An understanding of the various types of cost model is vital to enable effective cost control and the development of future forecasting techniques. This volume brings together more than 20 seminal contributions to building cost modelling and introduces the major landmarks in progress and thinking in this field:
Strategies and Directions
Explorations in Cost Modelling
Cost-Product Modelling
Cost-Process Modelling
Dealing with Uncertainty The strong techniques bias of this book will appeal to construction professionals involved in estimating, as well as researchers and students of building economics.
Edited by:
M. Skitmore, V. Marston Imprint: CRC Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 1.088kg ISBN:9780419192305 ISBN 10: 0419192301 Pages: 536 Publication Date:24 June 1999 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
List of Sources and Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction to the Readings. Strategies and Directions. Explorations in Cost Modelling. Cost-Product Modelling. Cost-Process Modelling. Dealing with Uncertainty. Selected Bibliography. Index.