compare the forecasts published by the Building Cost Information Service and Davis, Langdon & Everest systems and simulated … quarters forecast horizon and the Building Cost Information Service system gives the most accurate forecasts for a four to …This paper examines the relative performance of three different systems of forecasting movements in macro building …

forecasts are needed in advance of the likely value of these payments. A database of previously completed contracts and payments …) Kenley-Wilson, (3) Berny-Howes, (4) cumulative logistic, (5) cumulative normal, and (6) cumulative lognormal. The forecasts … the available database and hence forecasts for future expenditure flows. An example is provided for an actual 27 …

forecasts of specific current construction contracts. Designers' construction price forecasting, a function often undertaken by …

An analysis is described of a sample of pre-bid forecasts for 181 Singapore building contracts awarded between 1980 and …

-rate method ever devised for early-design-stage tender price forecasts. However, the method is seldom used in practice partly … forecasts than the MJSEM and floor area models, leading to the conclusion that RMASEM may be the best model. …

Typical measures of goodness of construction price forecasts are the mean and standard deviation, coefficient of … also suggests that the functional form varies between building types, with Commercial and Residential being the most …

Typical measures of goodness of construction price forecasts are the mean and standard deviation, coefficient of … also suggests that the functional form varies between building types, with Commercial and Residential being the most …

-rate method ever devised for early-design-stage tender price forecasts. However, the method is seldom used in practice partly … indication of the improvement achieved. It is shown that the RMASEM provides significantly more consistent forecasts than the …

underlying trend. Assuming similar characteristics of the data from previous studies, equivalent average ratios are estimated and … plotted, confirming Ng et al.'s visual appearance of a possible downward trend. However, the statistical analysis is …