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- Determinants of Real House Price Dynamics
- The paper explores the dynamics of real house prices by estimating serial correlation and mean reversion coefficients from a panel data set of 62 metro areas from 1979-1995. The serial correlation and reversion parameters are then shown to vary cross sectionally with city size, real income growth, population growth, and...
- White papers 2002-10-01
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- Smaller, but continued cost increases for new labs: in their annual construction cost index, HLW architects expect to see continued increases in overall construction costs in 2003 from their late-2002 levels. (The Lab Environment).
- Despite the declining fates of the industrial and high-tech sectors over the past two years, construction costs of new and renovated R&D laboratories in 2003 is still expected to increase moderately from their 2002 levels, according to a recent report (Year 2003 R&D Facility Construction Cost...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Construction cost estimating software updates
- The latest updates to Estimating Systems' PULSAR Construction Cost Estimating Software include: new reporting formats, flexible backup/restore operations, exporting of data to spreadsheets and word processing applications and Expanded City Cost Indices. PULSAR can be used with Windows 95/98/2000 NT and XP operating systems and is GSA-approved.
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Cost, Price and Value
- Cost, Price and Value – one uses the words interchangeably in normal conversation, but in the real estate world they have distinct meanings. The words have more specific meanings when linked with descriptive modifiers, such as construction cost, sold price and market value. Cost refers to production rather than exchange....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Ballast Nedam: New Contracts for Housing Construction.
- NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In the past three weeks contracts have been signed for the construction of - 132 apartments and a car park in Zoetermeer at a construction cost of EUR20 million - 132 apartments...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- New online cost-estimating service available to construction industry
- The McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group (McGraw-Hill CIG) and Marshall & Swift have announced the launch of their new online Commercial Construction Cost Estimator service. Located on the McGraw-Hill CIG web site, www.construction.com, this online service gives construction professionals the ability to calculate quick, more reliable and specific cost estimates for...
- Research articles 1999-07-21
- INDIA'S CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX RISES 14.33% TILL DEC 2002.
- NEW DELHI, Feb 14 Asia Pulse - The national average rise in cost of construction till December 2002 increased 14.33 per cent since the base year period of January, 1998, according to Construction Industry Development Council's latest updates. NEW DELHI, Feb 14 Asia Pulse...
- Research articles 2003-02-14
- Judicious use of space cuts courthouse costs.(includes related article on Kansas City Federal Courthouse facility construction cost)
- With the federal government taking the heat for expensive construction projects, especially courthouses, the Kansas City (Kan.) Federal Courthouse KCFC represents a more cost-effective approach to the construction of this type of facility. The U.S. General Services Administration GSA project, built for $123 per square foot,...
- Research articles 1995-03-01
- Cost and Benefits of Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Construction
- Through several studies of ICF construction costs, it has been determined that using ICF wall construction generally adds about 3 to 5 percent to the total purchase price of a typical wood-frame home and land (about 5 to 10 percent of the house construction cost). This guide discusses several benefits...
- White papers 2001-11-01
- Controlling Capital Costs Prior to Construction
- With construction costs as a major concern for facility owners and developers, a methodology is needed to aid in reducing budget variances. The use of historical cost data, professional estimators, and an organized method by which to prepare estimates is readily available for owners and developers who do not have...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Taisei Develops Advanced Low-cost Electromagnetic Shielding
- Tokyo, Oct 3, 2005 - JCN - Construction company Taisei has developed an advanced electromagnetic shielding technology that is applied to not only parts and components but also the entire living space at low cost. The technology utilizes existing construction components as the shielding material, and requires...
- Research articles 2005-10-03
- New tender rig design under construction
- Norwegian drilling contractor Smedvig recently contracted for the building of a newly designed tender rig. The self-erecting unit, designated "T-10," is under construction in southern Malaysia by Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering Sdn Bnd. Construction cost of just the vessel, itself, will be about $48.8 million. The derrick equipment...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Owners turning to cost segregation for tax savings
- In these times with landlords focusing on reducing expenses and hitting the wall with trying to raise rents in a market of minimal inflation and high vacancy, owners and investors are turning to cost segregation to generate tax savings, according to Mark de Stefanis, president of Construction Cost Recovery, Inc.,...
- Research articles 2002-06-26
- Construction costs well under control in '96.(Brief Article)(Brief Article)
- The construction cost index from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows that cost increases have softened substantially in 1996. After rising 4.1 percent in both 1994 and 1995, Cahners Economics predicts that costs will gain only 2.3 percent this year. In the first half of the...
- Research articles 1996-10-01
- Project Cost Risk Analysis Using Crystal Ball-1
- The typical project often overruns its cost estimate. Overruns are common on government and commercial projects, even when changes in the design are taken into account. One reason this happens is because cost estimating traditionally fails to take into account the risk that the work will actually cost more (or...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Cost Estimation
- The costs of a constructed facility to the owner include both the initial capital cost and the subsequent operation and maintenance costs. Each of these major cost categories consists of a number of cost components. In this paper, the focus is on the estimation of construction cost, with only occasional...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- President of Cement Group Says Higher Prices Won't Impact Construction Costs.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Higher cement prices will not flow into the cost of houses, according to Chumpol NaLamlieng, president of Siam Cement Group. "In each house, cement is only 2 percent to 3 percent of total...
- Research articles 2003-02-21
- Atkinson Announces Construction Management Services Award
- SAN BRUNO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 27, 1996--Atkinson (NASDAQ/NMS:ATKN) today announced that one of its operating units, Walsh Construction Company, Trumbull, Conn., has been awarded a construction management contract by Yale University for services related to renovations of Yale's central power plant.Construction cost for the work is estimated at $27 million.Walsh has...
- Research articles 1996-02-27
- Corrections Corporation of America Announces Expansion Plan at New Facility Under Construction in Mississippi
- Corrections Corporation of America CCA, the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to government agencies, announced today its intent to increase the total capacity of its Adams County Correctional Center, in Adams County, Mississippi, which is currently under construction, by an additional 564 beds. Upon completion of the additional...
- Research articles 2008-05-06
- Federal regulators approve construction of Louisiana natural-gas terminal.
- By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 16--Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved a construction permit for Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal, launching a new era in energy transportation and storage for...
- Research articles 2004-12-16
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