Open AccessDie integrering van prys-/kosteberaming en konstruksiebeplanning - die gerekenariseerde generering van konstruksiebedrywighede
Author(s) -
Peter Bowen,
Geoff Erwin,
G. K. le Roux
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v16i2.666
Subject(s) - procurement , process (computing) , operations research , computer science , operations management , engineering , economics , management science , management , operating system
The fact that traditional price/cost models are unrelated to the construction process renders them largely unsuited to the provision of meaningful price/cost advice. The nature and lengthiness of the construction planning process has precluded its incorporation into price/cost modelling during the pre-tender phase of the traditional building procurement process. The nub of the modelling problem has been how to integrate the complex process of construction planning into the pre-tender price/cost modelling process. In this paper the authors propose the synthesis of artificial intelligence techniques and construction planning techniques, resulting in a conceptual framework for a network-based cost modelling system for use by quantity surveyors in the cost modelling of buildings