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Development of a Computerised Cost Indices Forecasting Model for Construction Activities in the Heavy Civil Engineering Industry

W. Bates and N. Dawood

Division of Civil Engineering and Building, The University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

doi:10.4203/ccp.49.6.3

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W. Bates, N. Dawood, "Development of a Computerised Cost Indices Forecasting Model for Construction Activities in the Heavy Civil Engineering Industry", in M.B. Leeming, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Innovation in Civil and Construction Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 189-198, 1997. doi:10.4203/ccp.49.6.3

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Forecasting the future for anyone or anything is an extremely difficult task "Mystic Meg will tell you that". With engineering, the difficulties lie in the different circumstances surrounding projects. It has been said that to define the future we must look to the past. This being the case a lot of approaches used to predict the future are projections of the past. To simplify extrapolations, indices were used to represent items, such as cost. The lack of accurate and incomprehensible forecasts, with regard to cost in the heavy civil engineering industry, lead to the development of this paper and the overall research.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 49 INNOVATION IN CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING Edited by: M.B. Leeming and B.H.V. Topping Paper VI.3 Development of a Computerised Cost Indices Forecasting Model for Construction Activities in the Heavy Civil Engineering Industry W. Bates and N. Dawood Division of Civil Engineering and Building, The University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom doi:10.4203/ccp.49.6.3 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper W. Bates, N. Dawood, "Development of a Computerised Cost Indices Forecasting Model for Construction Activities in the Heavy Civil Engineering Industry", in M.B. Leeming, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Innovation in Civil and Construction Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 189-198, 1997. doi:10.4203/ccp.49.6.3 Abstract Forecasting the future for anyone or anything is an extremely difficult task "Mystic Meg will tell you that". With engineering, the difficulties lie in the different circumstances surrounding projects. It has been said that to define the future we must look to the past. This being the case a lot of approaches used to predict the future are projections of the past. To simplify extrapolations, indices were used to represent items, such as cost. The lack of accurate and incomprehensible forecasts, with regard to cost in the heavy civil engineering industry, lead to the development of this paper and the overall research. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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