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Assessing Risk Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Conceptual Cost Estimation in the Middle East
Buildings, 2022 The construction industry is subjected to more risk and uncertainty than many other industries, in addition to poor risk-tracking records. This usually causes the late completion of projects, surpassing their estimated budgets even without achieving the ...
Mohamed Abdel-Monem +2 more
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Economic Evaluation of Implementation of Power-to-Gas: Application to the Case of Spain
Energies, 2022 An economic analysis of the implementation of the power-to-gas (PtG) system between 2030 and 2055 is presented at a large scale. The capacity of the PtG system is adapted to two scenarios in Spain (Bailera and Lisbona 2018), corresponding to growing ...
Alberto Abánades, Jesús Frías
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Predictive Analytics for Early-Stage Construction Costs Estimation
Buildings, 2022 Low accuracy in the estimation of construction costs at early stages of projects has driven the research on alternative costing methods that take advantage of computing advances, however, direct implications in their use for practice is not clear.
Sergio Lautaro Castro Miranda +3 more
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Cost Estimation in Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing
Open Engineering, 2016 In Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing the price of products must be defined during early stages of product design and during the bidding process, thus an overestimation of product development (PD) costs may lead to the loss of orders and an ...
Hooshmand Yousef +2 more
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Buildings, 2022 Construction-oriented quantity take-off (QTO) refers to the process of determining the quantities for construction items or work packages in accordance with their descriptions. However, the current construction-oriented QTO practice relies on estimators’
Shengxian Tang +5 more
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Cost estimation method for variation management [PDF]
, 2013 Cost engineering key objectives is to ensure cost estimates’ accuracy and to avoid cost overruns. In such a global context, this paper focuses on the manner through which the uncertainties as well as variations, impact the cost dimensions during ...
SIADAT, Ali +9 more
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Nanomaterials, 2023 Four commercial titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysts, namely P25, P90, PC105, and PC500, were immobilized onto steel plates using a sol-gel binder and investigated for phenol degradation under 365 nm UV-LED irradiation.
Michael Schwarze +8 more
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The adaptation of product cost estimation techniques to estimate the cost of service [PDF]
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2012 This article presents an approach to ascertain whether product cost estimating techniques can be adapted for use in estimating the costs for providing a service. The research methodology adopted consists of a critique and analysis of the literature to ascertain how current cost estimation techniques are used.
Xiao Xi Huang +2 more
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Buildings, 2021 Major earthquakes can cause extensive damage to buildings and alter both the natural and built environments. Accurately estimating the financial impact from these events is complex, and the damage is not always visible to the naked eye.
Ravindu K. A. V. D. Kahandawa +3 more
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Factors Affecting Construction Projects’ Cost Estimating. [PDF]
Fayoum University Journal of Engineering, 2022 A construction project's success depends on its planning, accurate cost estimat-ing is critical in both public and private enterprises. Public building projects in Saudi Arabia have been plagued by enormous overruns and delays over the previ-ous three ...
Amna Omar, Neama Omar
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