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Height and construction costs of residential high-rise buildings in Shanghai

Blackman, Ivy Q. and Picken, David H. 2010, Height and construction costs of residential high-rise buildings in Shanghai, Journal of construction engineering and management, vol. 136, no. 11, pp. 1169-1180.

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Title Height and construction costs of residential high-rise buildings in Shanghai
Author(s) Blackman, Ivy Q.
Picken, David H.
Journal name Journal of construction engineering and management
Volume number 136
Issue number 11
Start page 1169
End page 1180
Publisher American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Place of publication Reston, Va.
Publication date 2010-11-01
ISSN 0733-9364
1943-7862
Keyword(s) construction cost
height
buildings
high rise
Summary A widely recognized theme of construction economics suggests that the cost of construction per square meter increases as building height rises. However, over a number of years, research conducted regarding the height and cost issue has established a classic relationship between the two factors which can be represented by a U-shaped curve. This paper describes the study of the height-cost relationship of high-rise residential buildings in Shanghai in terms of the total construction cost and elemental costs while considering the context and commonality of buildings. This research was developed as an extension of the previous work, which examined data for buildings in Hong Kong. Initial findings indicate that the curves illustrating the relationships between height and cost of residential buildings in Shanghai and Hong Kong exhibit different profiles. The dissimilarities indicate that different sets of criteria should be applied in the judgment of height that affects cost in different locations. In terms of elemental costs, the findings suggest that there are differences in the way these costs react to changes in the building height.
Language eng
Field of Research 120203 Quantity Surveying
Socio Economic Objective 910204 Industry Costs and Structure
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
HERDC collection year 2010
Copyright notice ©2010, ASCE
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033694

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Architecture and Built Environment
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