The Construction Manager in the 80'sPrentice-Hall, 1981 - 431 pages |
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Page 77
... errors . Accuracy refers to errors in the process which may be reduced by checking . There are few contractors who have not made embarrassing errors - and usually very costly ones — that ap- peared obvious in the estimate . For that ...
... errors . Accuracy refers to errors in the process which may be reduced by checking . There are few contractors who have not made embarrassing errors - and usually very costly ones — that ap- peared obvious in the estimate . For that ...
Page 99
... ERRORS An error is made because the mind puts an extraneous particle of information into a calcula- tion ; at a critical time , one writes 7 for 70 , 9 cubic feet to a cubic yard of concrete , or 27 square feet to a square yard of ...
... ERRORS An error is made because the mind puts an extraneous particle of information into a calcula- tion ; at a critical time , one writes 7 for 70 , 9 cubic feet to a cubic yard of concrete , or 27 square feet to a square yard of ...
Page 130
... errors of judgment , such as accepting a subcontract bid from a firm unable to do the work , or having taken an overly optimistic view of labor costs . As such errors do not establish a " mistake " by law , efforts are sometimes made to ...
... errors of judgment , such as accepting a subcontract bid from a firm unable to do the work , or having taken an overly optimistic view of labor costs . As such errors do not establish a " mistake " by law , efforts are sometimes made to ...
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