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PAGE PAGE 1 CONSTRUCTION COST DATA WORKBOOK Neil Sinclair, Philip Artin and Stewart Mulford DMS International Conference on the International Comparison Program World Bank Washington, D.C. Workbook modified bills of quantity format Introduction DMS International, Inc. was requested to assist the World Bank with creating a method of collecting construction cost data from member countries throughout the world to assist with economic studies. The task of data collection is a difficult procedure and can be prone to wide variations. Based upon our experience as construction cost consultants, estimators and quantity surveyors we chose to develop a data collection method based upon a workbook format. Our workbook defines construction line items and quantities for relativity simple building types. In fact, four building types have been chosen: Residential house Warehouse Road Office building The workbooks would be sent to member countries to be completed by local contractors, estimators or quantity surveyors. When completed the data would be collected and analyzed by the World Bank as part of its overall economic study. Before we explain further about our workbook format and design, reference must be made to previous studies and methods of construction cost data collection. One comprehensive review of past practices has been completed by Dubner and McKenzie1. This detailed study compares various methods and documents the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The method that provides the best opportunity for data collection was noted as the Bills of Quantity (BOQ) method. This method appears to have advantages over the other methods but yet even with the BOQ method some potential pitfalls exist. A BOQ is basically a listing by trade of certain construction components that make up the total project. The project may be an office building or a warehouse. The BOQ documents quantities for each element of the building type such as cubic meters of concrete found