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Bennett, J (1993) Japan's building industry: the new model. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 3-17.

Betts, M and Ofori, G (1993) Competitive advantage in construction: reply. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 73-4.

Fellows, R F (1993) Competitive advantage in construction: comment. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 71-2.

Kapliński, O (1993) Diminishing non-uniformity of construction processes. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 53-61.

Moselhi, O and Deb, B (1993) Project selection considering risk. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 45-52.

Navon, R and Arkin, H (1993) Economic comparison of an air-conditioner and a desert cooler for residences in arid areas. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 62-70.

O'Brien, M J and Pantouvakis, J P (1993) A new approach to the development of computer-aided estimating systems for the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 30-44.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: adaptive software; computer-aided estimating; estimating; software; software development
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446199300000062
  • Abstract:

    Estimators display a diversity of approaches to their task of predicting the cost of a construction project. To design and build individualized, computer-aided estimating software to reflect this diversity is however expensive. This paper describes a new method of designing and building such products which is quick, easy and hence inexpensive. The method relies upon embedding a core estimating product into a set of software tools which can be used to reshape and enhance the core functionality. The tools have been designed to minimize the requisite technical knowledge of the user, principally through the use of declarative features. The individualistic nature of estimating is therefore reflected in this new method of developing estimating products. These resultant products are therefore more acceptable to practising estimators.

Rosenfeld, Y and Warszawski, A (1993) Forecasting methodology of national demand for construction labour. Construction Management and Economics, 11(01), 18-29.