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245	1	0	_aThe management of construction company overhead costs
260			_c2001
520	3		_aThis 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		_a. 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	0	8	_tInternational Journal of Project Management _g19, 5, p. 295-303 _d, 2001 _w
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998			_a20021204 _bCassio _cCassio
998			_a20060718 _b1418^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c9096 _d9096
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