Can building form and function be used to predict the costs of mechanical and electrical services?
Swaffield, Lisa
Can building form and function be used to predict the costs of mechanical and electrical services? - London RICS Research Foundation 2000 - 28p. 30cm. - RICS Foundation Research Papers 3(6) .
Discusses existing methods of pre-design cost estimating for the mechanical and electrical (M and E) services elements of building projects. The research found that there were serious deficiencies in the availability, format and detail of cost information for M and E services, which prohibited further advances to research in this area. It concludes that there are relationships between building form and function and M and E service costs, but qualifies this by saying that the influence of M and E services quality could not be examined, due to lack of suitable qualitative data.
085406995X
1354-506X
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING COSTS
Block management
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
BCIS
BUDGETS
692.5
Can building form and function be used to predict the costs of mechanical and electrical services? - London RICS Research Foundation 2000 - 28p. 30cm. - RICS Foundation Research Papers 3(6) .
Discusses existing methods of pre-design cost estimating for the mechanical and electrical (M and E) services elements of building projects. The research found that there were serious deficiencies in the availability, format and detail of cost information for M and E services, which prohibited further advances to research in this area. It concludes that there are relationships between building form and function and M and E service costs, but qualifies this by saying that the influence of M and E services quality could not be examined, due to lack of suitable qualitative data.
085406995X
1354-506X
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING COSTS
Block management
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
BCIS
BUDGETS
692.5