- Author
- Chapman, R. E.
- Title
- Cost Estimation and Cost Variability in Residential Rehabilitation. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS BSS 129, November 1980, 120 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- building codes | cost benefit analysis | housing | rehabilitation
- Abstract
- This study analyzes four methods of estimating the costs of residential rehabilitation. Each method is critiqued with regard to its treatment of changes in the size of the renovation project, the productivity of labor, and the contractor's markup for overhead and profit.