Construction clients, particularly those with little or no previous experience of building projects, depend on the advice given by building professionals during the early design stages. Accurate advice regarding the estimated cost of the proposed project is fundamental, as this will determine the financial feasibility of the proposed project. All professionals give advice based on the information available to them at the time. Therefore, cost advisors need to have an accurate appreciation of the client's requirements from the building, before they can estimate the likely cost. Inexperienced building clients may have difficulty expressing their requirements, or understanding detailed technical information prepared by building professionals. This thesis addresses the problem of poor communication between clients and building professionals leading to mis-interpretation of mechanical and electrical (M&E) services requirements and inaccurate cost estimates. The research hypothesised that the cost of M&E services was related to the form and function of the building, and the quality of the M&E services required by the building client. It was believed that the required "quality" of the M&E services had a major cost implication, and therefore the production of an accurate cost estimate depended on an accurate understanding of the quality of M&E services required by the building client. The research examined existing method, of early cost estimating for M&E services, to establish how early cost estimates are prepared, and what type of information is considered. Detailed statistical analysis work was undertaken to examine relationships between various building form, parameters and M&E services costs, for buildings of different functions. M&E services quality was considered in relation to the function, performed by different systems, using the value engineering technique of function analyis and customer oriented function analysis system technique (FAST) diagrams method for improving early design stage communications developed, to improve the interpretation of M&E services quality requirements and lead to more accurate cost estimates. The method involved the introduction of a briefing workshop to consider functional requirements from the building, possible M&E services solutions, and interfaces between building structure and fabric and the M&E services. The proposed method was evaluated in the field. It was found to be a valid method of improving early design stage communications between clients and building professionals, that could lead to improved early cost advice for M&E services.

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1917. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by author. Howard J. Teas determined to be Howard Jones Teas from "1874-1999 MSM-UMR Alumni Directory". Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed May 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1907. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by author. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed Jan. 23, 2009).

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 1998. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009. / Title from title screen (site viewed June 22, 2010). PDF text: x, 251 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 16 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3366033. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Habilitationsschrift--Heidelberg, 1973. / Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (M. Sc.)(Quantity Surveying)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Includes summary. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web

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Bibliography: pages 113-117. / The Department of Surveying and Geodetic Engineering at the University of Cape Town, in conjunction with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cape Town have developed a non-contact co-ordinate measurement machine in a project called MILIMAP. The project had the following objectives : 1. To determine unique surface co-ordinates for continuous, complex objects with submillimetre accuracy. 2. The representation of the co-ordinates was to be in a format that could be utilised by a computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling machine in a computer aided design/ computer aided manufacture (CADCAM) environment. 3. The device had to use a non-contact method for data capture. The MILIMAP project was undertaken because there is a demand for co-ordinate measurement machines in industry for the inspection of objects for quality control purposes. Conventional Co-ordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs) are expensive and use a contact probe to measure the object. The contact probe measurement technique is unsuitable for the measurement of non-rigid objects such as shoes and automobile seat padding. The MILIMAP system provides a noncontact measurement technique that can be applied to non-rigid as well as rigid objects. Additional applications in the archaeological field exist for the non-contact measurement of sensitive, historical artefacts. A digital photogrammetric system was developed to measure the position of a laser dot projected onto the surface of the measurement object. This measurement system satisfied the criteria of a non-contact measurement method required for the project. The system utilised three digital CCD cameras to capture images of the laser dot projected onto the object. Image processing software, developed from existing software within the Department of Surveying and Geodetic Engineering, was used to photogrammetrically determine the co-ordinates of the laser dot to sub-millimetre accuracy on the surface of the object. A mechanical device was designed and constructed by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in order to move the laser over the surface of the object, and to rotate the object. The entire surface of the object could be measured by the system using these operations.