Comparative analysis of pre-bid forecasting of building prices based on Singapore data

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 635-646

  Gunner, John ^a,b   Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a Queensland University of Technology ^*

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Building; Estimating; Pre bid estimates; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCURACY; BUILDING CONTRACTS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATING; PRE-BID ESTIMATES; RESEARCH RESULTS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE;

COSTS;

EID: 0004594018     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371240     Document Type: Article

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