000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
01805naa a2200193uu 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
8951 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20190211154606.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
021204s2005 xx ||||gr |0|| 0 eng d |
999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA) |
Koha Dewey Subclass [OBSOLETE] |
PHL2MARC21 1.1 |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The management of construction company overhead costs |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2001 |
520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
This paper investigates the overhead cost practices of construction companies in Saudi Arabia. Although overhead costs are extremely important in construction estimation, they can be easily overlooked. Neglecting overhead has forced some contractors out of business, because these costs constitute a significant portion of the total construction cost. The practices of 61 large building construction contractors were investigated via questionnaire. The questionnaire has three parts overing the construction firms, overhead costs in general, and company overhead costs. Results show that average overhead cost is slightly higher than the ratio reported in the literature. The average percentage of company overhead costs to project direct cost is greater than 10 |
520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
. Causes of increased company overhead costs include delayed payments, shortage of new projects, cost of inflation and governmental regulations. Factors affecting company overhead costs include the following: automobile and equipment costs, head office expenses, labor related costs and financig costs. the unstable construction market it difficult for contractors to decide on the optimum level of overhead costs that enables contractor to win and efficiently administer large projects |
773 08 - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
Title |
International Journal of Project Management |
Related parts |
19, 5, p. 295-303 |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
, 2001 |
Record control number |
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700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
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942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
Periódico |
998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
-- |
20021204 |
Operator's initials, OID (RLIN) |
Cassio |
Cataloger's initials, CIN (RLIN) |
Cassio |
998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
-- |
20060718 |
Operator's initials, OID (RLIN) |
1418^b |
Cataloger's initials, CIN (RLIN) |
Quiteria |