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Interactive estimating for building contractors
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posted on 2018-12-05, 12:15 authored by William D. SherThe objective of this work was to develop a computer-aided
estimating system to meet the specific requirements of the British
building industry. The sponsor was the National Research Development
Corporation. The project comprised:
- a review of existing commercially available
computer-aided estimating systems suitable for
use by building contractors to establish the
need for the project;
- a review of computer applications in the construction
industry to establish the context in
which computer-aided estimating systems could be
applied;
- the development of a computer-aided estimating
system specification for a system, INTEREST BUILD
(INTERactive ESTimating for BUILDers), suitable
for programming work by computer programmers;
- an appraisal and review of available classification
systems for use with the estimating system;
- the development of a classification specifically for
use with the INTEREST BUILD system against which
performance data could be filed and retrieved;
- the collection of estimators' performance data
suitable for use in demonstrating and testing the
system; and
- the demonstrations, testing .and assessments of the
INTEREST BUILD.system.
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Five commercially available estimating systems were investigated
and none were found to fully meet the needs of building estimators.
A review of computer applications for contractors revealed that
existing applications in order of popularity were: accounting;
network analysis; costing; cash flow forecasting; estimating;
NEDO formulae; valuations; and discounted cash flow. [continues]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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1981Notes
A Master’ Thesis, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the award of Master of Science of the Loughborough University of Technology.Language
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Qualification name
- MSc
Qualification level
- Masters