Estimating building construction costs: analysis of the processbasedbudget model (POP Model)

The recent economic crisis suffered by the Spanish construction sector has brought to light its excessive vulnerability to fluctuations in the real estate market.Overcoming this situation requires to innovate the sector in order to increase its efficiency. A large amount of researches in Spain focus...

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Autores: Falcón Ganfornina, Raúl Manuel, Montes Delgado, María Victoria de, Ramirez de Arellano Agudo, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/69131
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/69131
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cool estimate
Production process
Construction site
Budget model
Economic efficiency in construction
Estimación de costes
Proceso productivo
Obra de edificación
Modelo de presupuestación
Eficiencia económica en la edificación
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Sumario:The recent economic crisis suffered by the Spanish construction sector has brought to light its excessive vulnerability to fluctuations in the real estate market.Overcoming this situation requires to innovate the sector in order to increase its efficiency. A large amount of researches in Spain focus on the improvement ofthe environmental efficiency of construction works, but only a few of them deal with its economic efficiency. The current study arises from the importance of thelatter in order to achieve a comprehensive sustainability in construction. We introduce a process-based budget model, the POP model, whose most significantstrength is the direct inclusion of all costs incurred at the building production site. In this way, process-based estimates expose with transparence and accuracythe real nature of the projected works, contributing to improve their economic management.