Towards a method of measurement and cost control for civil engineering work in the petrochemical industry

Davies, Alan James (1995) Towards a method of measurement and cost control for civil engineering work in the petrochemical industry. Doctoral thesis, University of Northumbria at Newcastle.

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Abstract

This work deals with the formulation of a hypothetical measurement and cost control model for Petrochemical Civil Engineering work. The conventional model used at the
collaborating organisation is the conventional general building construction measurement model, adopted without modification. Therefore there is a presumption, rather than proof, that this model is appropriate to Petrochemical Civil Engineering cost data. The lack of theoretical development in the cost modelling field give grounds to suspect that the conventional general building construction measurement and cost control model have little empirical observation to guide their formulation. Thus it will be argued that the reasons to employ any such model in preferenoe to any other are likely to be sociological influences of peer group paradigm practice. These sociological influences have been insufficiently recognised and studied.

Item Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Additional Information: Thesis digitised by the British Library e-thesis online service, EThOS.
Subjects: H200 Civil Engineering
Department: University Services > Graduate School > Doctor of Philosophy
Depositing User: Ellen Cole
Date Deposited: 25 Oct 2019 15:14
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 15:11
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/15684

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