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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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General Concepts
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Computers Applied to Quantity Surveying
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About this book
This book is directed primarily towards providing students and practitioners with a basic grounding in the use of computers by quantity surveyors. It is divided into two parts, the first part (Chapters l to 8) dealing with general concepts of information technology, and the latter part (Chapters 9 to 13) dealing with specific quantity surveying issues. Covers a wide range of topics: computer hardware; operational and management implications of computer systems; legal issues; general purpose software such as word processors, spreadsheet systems and micro-computer based data manipulation packages; public information software; development of in-house software; artificial intelligence and expert systems; the use of computers in cost planning, production of bills of quantity, post contract work and project management and computer aided design. The book is extensively referenced.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computers and Quantity Surveyors
Authors: A. J. Smith
Series Title: Building and Surveying Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10857-2
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: A. J. Smith 1989
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 210
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Building Construction and Design