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Availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing in the Tanzania building construction industry.

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dc.contributor.author Manege, SL
dc.contributor.author Kennedy, CJ
dc.contributor.editor Sandanayake, YG
dc.contributor.editor Gunatilake, S
dc.contributor.editor Waidyasekara, KGAS
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-29T07:50:07Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-29T07:50:07Z
dc.date.issued 2022-06-24
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19964
dc.description.abstract Whole life costing plays a major role in ensuring that value for money is attained from the inception of a building to its end of life. Availability of reliable cost data is essential ensuring that whole life costing is undertaken with utmost precision. This study explores the availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing in the Tanzania building construction industry. It aims at realising the key sources of cost data as well as analysing their reliability. It will also suggest ways to improve cost data availability in the industry. The research involved the use of questionnaire survey and structured interviews to collect data from quantity surveyors and other industry professionals respectively in Tanzania. The study revealed that in-house and market survey as the most familiar and most used sources of cost data in the Tanzania building construction industry. It also realised that running cost data, which are crucial for undertaking whole life costing, did not have a source in Tanzania which is contrary to other countries. The study also revealed that despite cost data sources being considered reliable, they still lacked credibility as most respondents still had doubts about them. To improve the availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing, the study suggests that the Tanzania building construction industry should adapt to the online information service which will ensure easy and fast access to reliable cost data. The industry should also engage in the collection and sharing of running cost data which is essential for whole life costing. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Building Construction Industry en_US
dc.subject Cost Data en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.subject Whole Life Costing en_US
dc.title Availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing in the Tanzania building construction industry. en_US
dc.identifier.year 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.conference World Construction Symposium en_US
dc.identifier.place Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 150-161. en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 10th World Construction Symposium en_US
dc.identifier.email sylvermanege@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email Craig.Kennedy@hw.ac.uk en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2022.13. en_US


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