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  2. Cost estimate - Wikipedia

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    A cost estimate is the approximation of the cost of a program, project, or operation. The cost estimate is the product of the cost estimating process. The cost estimate has a single total value and may have identifiable component values. A problem with a cost overrun can be avoided with a credible, reliable, and accurate cost estimate. A cost ...

  3. Glossary of construction cost estimating - Wikipedia

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    A Allocation of costs is the transfer of costs from one cost item to one or more other cost items. Allowance - a value in an estimate to cover the cost of known but not yet fully defined work. As-sold estimate - the estimate which matches the agreed items and price for the project scope. B Basis of estimate (BOE) - a document which describes the scope basis, pricing basis, methods ...

  4. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gross Income, Net Profits, Production, and price index in the Lumber Industry 1920 -1934 [57] Year Gross Income (In Millions Dollar) Net Profit (In Millions Dollar) Production (In Board feet) (In Millions) Wholesale Price Index (1926=100) 1920 3,312 N/A 35,000 N/A 1922 2,402 167 35,250 N/A 1924 2,835 132 39,500 99.3 1926 3,069 117 39,750 100.0 1928

  5. Basis of estimate - Wikipedia

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    A pivot table in BOEMax, a Basis of Estimate software package. To create a BOE companies, throughout the past few decades, have used spreadsheet programs and skilled cost analysts to enter thousands of lines of data and create complex algorithms to calculate the costs. These positions require a high level of skill to ensure accuracy and ...

  6. Jay Gould - Wikipedia

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    Jason Gould (/ ɡ uː l d /; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty.He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age.

  7. Panic of 1893 - Wikipedia

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    During the Gilded Age of the 1870s and 1880s, the United States had experienced economic growth and expansion, but much of this expansion depended on high international commodity prices. Exacerbating the problems with international investments, wheat prices crashed in 1893. [ 2 ]

  8. Cost engineering - Wikipedia

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    Cost engineering is "the engineering practice devoted to the management of project cost, involving such activities as estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, investment appraisal and risk analysis". [1] "Cost Engineers budget, plan and monitor investment projects.

  9. Bruce Price - Wikipedia

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    Bruce Price (December 12, 1845 – May 29, 1903) was an American architect and an innovator in the Shingle Style. The stark geometry and compact massing of his cottages in Tuxedo Park, New York , influenced Modernist architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright and Robert Venturi .