British public expenditure on construction less that claimed?
Language: English Series: Construction Management & Economics ; 5(1) Spring 1987, 13-20(8)Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: In Great Britain, demands for increased public construction investment have been increasing. However, determining how much the expenditure should be increased poses problems, as there are two incomparable sets of data on public construction investment:- 1) expenditure data from public sector clients who commission construction work, and 2) output data supplied by the contractors who carry out the work. This article takes a critical look at the findings of the data, and attempts to identify the causes of the differences between the two sets of data.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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In Great Britain, demands for increased public construction investment have been increasing. However, determining how much the expenditure should be increased poses problems, as there are two incomparable sets of data on public construction investment:- 1) expenditure data from public sector clients who commission construction work, and 2) output data supplied by the contractors who carry out the work. This article takes a critical look at the findings of the data, and attempts to identify the causes of the differences between the two sets of data.