Residential building projects: Building cost indicators and drivers

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-145

  Stoy, Christian ^a   Schalcher, Hans Rudolf ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Construction cost; Cost control; Cost estimates; Germany; Pricing

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COST; COST CONTROL; COST ESTIMATES; GROSS FLOOR AREA;

BUILDINGS; COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33846276572     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:2(139)     Document Type: Article

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