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Elhag, T M S and Boussabaine, A H (2001) Tender price estimation using artificial neural networks. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 193–208.

Fortune, C (2001) Exploring the model selection process in the formulation of building project advice. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 167–77.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: project price advice; forecasting; model selection criteria; grounded theory
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1366-4387
  • URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1366-4387
  • Abstract:
    Clients that require new building projects as solutions to their accommodation problems are involved in making early stage strategic value-for-money business decisions. This paper contributes to what is known about the investigation and formulation phases of the building project price forecasting process. Data was collected from a total of thirty-one practitioners in the field. A grounded theory-like conceptual model of the features found to be significant in the price advice formulation process has been developed following the analysis of the qualitative data obtained with the NUDIST4 software package. The paper indicates a framework of overarching issues that practitioners need to address in order to benchmark their model selection decisions. The paper concludes by identifying emergent issues related to the practice of building project price forecasting that need to be addressed in further investigations in the field.

Kaka, A P (2001) Turnover forecasting for contracting companies based on published information. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 217–29.

Kenley, R (2001) In-project end-date forecasting: an idiographic, deterministic approach, using cash-flow modelling. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 209–16.

Lo, H P and Lam, M-L (2001) A bidding strategy using multivariate distribution. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 155–65.

Ogunlana, S O, Bhokha, S and Pinnemitr, N (2001) Application of artifical neural network (ANN) to forecast construction cost of buildings at the pre-design stage. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 179–92.

Skitmore, M (2001) Raftery curves for tender price forecasting: Empirical probabilities and pooling. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6(03), 141–54.