000			00984cab a2200241 4500
001			ABS40876
008			090401t1989 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u26632
041			_aeng
100			_aGilmour, J.
245		2	_aA new approach to early stage estimating
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aChartered Quantity Surveyor _v11(9) May 1989, 36-38(2)
520			_aBased on a dissertation recently completed at Salford University , the article reviews traditional initial estimating techniques and their drawbacks. Discusses the need for a faster, more accurate and flexible estimating system using computers . Explains how such a computer-based abbreviated quantities estimating system would work and illustrates with diagrams.
650			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
650			_aCOST MODELLING
650			_aCOST PLANNING
690			_aQuantity surveying _96263
700			_aSkitmore, M.
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c17916 _d17916