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Abdulkareem, M (2016) Investigation of the daylighting and the thermal environment of Nigeria's low-income housing: the case of Abuja, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth.
Al Dinah, M (2022) Coordination issues and unethical practices in comparison with other determinants of delays and cost overruns in the construction industry: how do the participants respond?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Al Hashemi, A (2011) Examining the relationship between migration, labour and crime in UAE: the case of Dubai, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Alhusban, M (2018) Conceptual procurement framework for building information modelling uptake to enhance buildings' sustainability performance in the Jordanian public sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Portsmouth.
Alotaibi, A B (2019) Project management: the implication of project management practices on project success in Saudi Arabia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Operations and Systems Management, University of Portsmouth.
Arafa, E A B (2015) The impact of knowledge management on project success, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Portsmouth.
Elghaish, F A K (2020) An automated IPD cost management system: BIM and blockchain based solution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Faris, H M A (2020) Improving project collaboration to minimise the energy performance gap in residential construction: case study of Kurdistan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Portsmouth.
Fox, D S J (1994) Knowledge-based systems for the demolition industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Hamidavi, T (2020) Automatic integrated structural design and optimisation in BIM, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Hauer, M (2012) A game-based learning approach to building conservation education in UK undergraduate built environment degrees, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Portsmouth School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth.
Jijingi, A T (2019) A BIM-enabled procurement framework in new buildings for the Nigerian architecture, engineering and construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Portsmouth.
Marston, V K (1985) Interdependence of the functional element costs of buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: cost planning; design decision; estimating; client; quantity surveyor; UK
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380580
- Abstract:
This work is an investigation of interdependence between the basic units of conventional cost planning employed by quantity surveyors in the UK, functional elements. It is concerned with interdependence only in so far as it affects the estimating and planning, on behalf of the client, of the initial capital costs of construction. Conventional cost planning theory and practice are discussed, and the general assumptions implicit in these conventions, regarding the interdependence of elements, are identified. Samples of element costs for a number of building types are analysed statistically to test the validity of the assumptions of conventional cost planning. and to determine the general nature and extent of interdependence in the elemental data used for cost planning. The results do not support the conventional approach, showing the interdependence of elements to be generally insignificant in the context of the high levels of variability found in cost planning data. Two models which depict the interaction of design decisions in the generation of building cost are studied, resulting in the identification of fundamental shortcomings in elemental categories as a unit of sub-division for the purposes of cost planning in the early stages of design. The implications of these shortcomings are pursued leading to discussion of the relationships between elemental categorisation and the design and production processes, and the suggestion that a method of categorisation that is more closely related to production processes would have advantage over functional elements.
Matarneh, S T (2019) BIM-based information exchange framework to support facilities management systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Petersen, A K (2005) Integrating risk management into the undergraduate construction management curriculum: An investigation into the effect of zero tolerance, 360-degree feedback and competition within a world wide web assisted construction project-based learning environmen, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.