International comparison of cost for the construction sector: Towards a conceptual model

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-167

  Sawhney, Anil ^a   Walsh, Kenneth D ^b   Brown IV, Audrick ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^c Center of Excellence for Tactical and Advanced Communications Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Construction management; Cost estimates; Economic analysis; Economics; Financial management; International factors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BASKET-OF-CONSTRUCTION-COMPONENTS (BOCC); CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION SECTOR; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

EID: 12744277146     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600410001665644     Document Type: Article

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