The accuracy of pre-tender building cost estimates in Australia

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1257-1269

  Aibinu, Ajibade Ayodeji ^a   Pasco, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Estimating accuracy; Pre tender estimates; Quantity surveying; Tendering

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

AUSTRALIA; ESTIMATING ACCURACY; PRE-TENDER ESTIMATES; QUANTITY SURVEYING; TENDERING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BUILDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SURVEYING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 57749119817     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802527514     Document Type: Article

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