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Faulkner, A C and Day, A K (1986) Images of status and performance in building team occupations. Construction Management and Economics, 4(03), 245-60.

Kenley, R and Wilson, O D (1986) A construction project cash-flow model: an idiographic approach. Construction Management and Economics, 4(03), 213-32.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: cash-flow; construction planning; estimating; logic transformation
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446198600000017
  • Abstract:

    The paper introduces and support the contention that an idiographic methodology is appropriate to the post-hoc study and interpretation of individual construction project cash-flows. A cash-flow model based on the logic transformation is proposed to be consistent with the methodology. The model is based on historical data, and yields two parameters to describe each individual project. The model is tested using two samples totalling 72 projects. Goodness of fit for the model, using a measure of standard deviation from 1.0% to 4.6%, with a median of 2.5% is found for individual projects. The experiment hypotheses (that there is substantial variation between projects) is supported by the graphical and statistical evidence of deviation, which is argued to be the result of the individual ontology of each project - Systematic error - rather than random error from an ideal. The paper concludes that forecasts of individual cash-flow are invalid when derived from analysis of grouped data.

Powell, C (1986) Some trends in relative costs of building types: description and interpretation. Construction Management and Economics, 4(03), 201-12.

Singh, G, Kiangi, G E, Sabah, A N A and Greenslade, O C (1986) Application of a microcomputer in investment decisions using dynamic programming. Construction Management and Economics, 4(03), 189-99.

Touran, A (1986) Computer packages for construction data acquisition and processing. Construction Management and Economics, 4(03), 233-43.

Tucker, S N (1986) Formulating construction cash-flow curves using a reliability theory analogy. Construction Management and Economics, 4(03), 179-88.