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Cliff Schexnayder, Keith Molenaar, Jennifer Shane
Pág. Page 91 - 98
Managing large capital construction projects requires the coordination of a multitude of human, organizational, technical, and natural resources. Quite often, the engineering and construction complexities of such projects are overshadowed by economic, so...
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Dakotah Hogan, John Elshaw, Clay Koschnick, Jonathan Ritschel, Adedeji Badiru and Shawn Valentine
Traditional learning curve theory assumes a constant learning rate regardless of the number of units produced. However, a collection of theoretical and empirical evidence indicates that learning rates decrease as more units are produced in some cases. Th...
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Grant Mosey and Brian Deal
The United States faces twin crises of housing affordability and environmental degradation. Under these clouds, the nation is experiencing an explosive growth in new construction multi-family housing. This paper seeks to evaluate how designers might opti...
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Jabar H. Yousif, Saif N. Abdul Majeed and Fouad J. I. Al Azzawi
Quantity Surveying (QS) is a process concerned with controlling and managing the costs of construction projects. QS Measurement relies on sophisticated measurement rules that are understood by experienced practitioners. Traditional QS systems, such as st...
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José González, Jesús Zaragosa, José Díaz
Pág. Page 27 - 32
Cost estimating of construction projects in Mexico is generally based on the unit price system. Usually, construction firms commit a great deal of effort to such a task giving little importance to the planning aspects of the project. Nowadays, it appears...
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Henry Agboola Odeyinka, Ade Yusif
Pág. Page 33 - 38
Accuracy of quantity surveyors? preliminary cost estimates was evaluated through a questionnaire surveyadministered on quantity surveying firms in Nigeria. A total of 24 quantity surveying firms were surveyed and data on 40completed and on-going projects...
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Dan Parsons, Jason Ryan, Michael Malouf and Wayne Martin
Wildlife strikes in aviation represent a serious economic concern; however, in some jurisdictions, the costs associated with this phenomenon are not collected or shared. This hampers the industry?s ability to quantify the risk and assess the potential be...
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Kyung-bin Kwon, Hyeongon Park, Jae-Kun Lyu and Jong-Keun Park
The use of appropriate hourly reserve margins can maintain power system security by balancing supply and demand in the presence of errors in the forecast demand, generation outages, or errors in the forecast of wind power generation. Because the cost of ...
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Jesús Nicolás Zaragoza Grifé, Romel Solis, Jose Gonzalez
Pág. 45 - 53
One of the main subsystems of any building is the one that generates surroundings, divisions and communication forms between spaces; in many kinds of buildings this is achieved with constructive elements made of aluminum, crystal sheets and other materia...
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Jonathan M. Furdek, Susan E. Conners
A number of studies have attempted to estimate the cost of horse ownership in various States. These studies provided valuable information regarding the types of costs associated with horse ownership and an estimate of a grand average cost. Horse ownershi...
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Ibrahim Mahamid
Pág. 87 - 101
The objective of this study is to develop early cost estimating models for road construction projects using multiple regression techniques, based on 131 sets of data collected in the West Bank in Palestine. As the cost estimates are required at early sta...
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Ibrahim Mahamid
Pág. 87 - 101
The objective of this study is to develop early cost estimating models for road construction projects using multiple regression techniques, based on 131 sets of data collected in the West Bank in Palestine. As the cost estimates are required at early sta...
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Iuliana Georgescu,Dorina Budugan,Laura Cretu
Pág. 235 - 240
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Mark D. Law, Gary S. Robson
The purpose of this study was to investigate the utilization of information technology in the estimating functions, related to the scale of operations, by Pennsylvanias home building contractors. Firm size was examined as to its impact on three issues in...
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Liyuan Zhang, Xiaoying Song, Yaxiao Niu, Huihui Zhang, Aichen Wang, Yaohui Zhu, Xingye Zhu, Liping Chen and Qingzhen Zhu
As prior information for precise nitrogen fertilization management, plant nitrogen content (PNC), which is obtained timely and accurately through a low-cost method, is of great significance for national grain security and sustainable social development. ...
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Vince Bakos, Péter Szombathy, József Simon, Andrea Jobbágy
Pág. 505 - 513
Detection and characterization of hidden industrial inflows causing high fluctuations of the inlet load, is a challenging issue pushing plant operators for a cost-effective solution at regional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). On the other hand, carb...
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Vusani Moyo
Corporate finance literature has developed a number of models for use in estimating the cost equity in for cross-border investments. Most of the models, if not all, are specifically developed for use by US firms investing in emerging markets. The widely ...
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Sergei Manzhos
The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) approach has become popular, especially in the field of renewable energy. We argue that when assessing levelized cost of energy, different rates should be used for borrowing and discount rates. We further argue that th...
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Johan Jarl, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Anne Ludbrook and Dennis Petrie
This study estimates the avoidable and unavoidable costs of alcohol-related, liver cirrhosis inpatient care, controlling for the lag structure and period of decline in disease risk. Lag structures with different lengths are applied to the exposure to ris...
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