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A method for systematically pooling data in very early stage construction price forecasting

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  • Daisy Yeung
  • Martin Skitmore

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Client owners usually need an estimate or forecast of their likely building costs in advance of detailed design in order to confirm the financial feasibility of their projects. Because of their timing in the project life cycle, these early stage forecasts are characterized by the minimal amount of information available concerning the new (target) project to the point that often only its size and type are known. One approach is to use the mean contract sum of a sample, or base group, of previous projects of a similar type and size to the project for which the estimate is needed. Bernoulli’s law of large numbers implies that this base group should be as large as possible. However, increasing the size of the base group inevitably involves including projects that are less and less similar to the target project. Deciding on the optimal number of base group projects is known as the homogeneity or pooling problem. A method of solving the homogeneity problem is described involving the use of closed form equations to compare three different sampling arrangements of previous projects for their simulated forecasting ability by a cross-validation method, where a series of targets are extracted, with replacement, from the groups and compared with the mean value of the projects in the base groups. The procedure is then demonstrated with 450 Hong Kong projects (with different project types: Residential, Commercial centre, Car parking, Social community centre, School, Office, Hotel, Industrial, University and Hospital) clustered into base groups according to their type and size.

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  • Daisy Yeung & Martin Skitmore, 2012. "A method for systematically pooling data in very early stage construction price forecasting," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(11), pages 929-939, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:30:y:2012:i:11:p:929-939
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.733402
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    1. Franco Cheung & Martin Skitmore, 2006. "A modified storey enclosure model," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 391-405.
    2. Martin Skitmore & Goran Runeson & Xinling Chang, 2006. "Construction price formation: full-cost pricing or neoclassical microeconomic theory?," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(7), pages 773-783.
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