• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.170-181
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• 2008

Cost of construction project have to be estimated based on drawing before execution. Cost estimate and check would be performed numerously for preparing general outline of requirements and determining the budget at conceptual planning stage, for obtaining decision on every matter related to design, specification, construction and cost at design stage, and for predicting bidding cost. Thus, importance of cost estimation cannot emphasize too much in construction. However, there are lack of standard estimation method, process, and cost analysis method, that square foot estimation method is as used as eyer, in Korea. Thus, This research present the direction for improving cost estimation and management in construction; It is demanded that establishing standard data base methodology, multi-level database model CUBE, and standard cost planning process, choosing cost estimation methodology according to objectives and cost planning process, and making more experts.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2009

Estimating appropriate construction cost at the design phase is judged with one important issue to the efficient security and the execution of budget. Therefore, in this paper, to build fundamental data of appropriate construction cost for steel box bridges, the existing calculated document such as the quantity, unit price document and detail items etc.. was analyzed and the basic specification of the bridges was investigated. Also, by estimating the relationship between predetermined cost and construction items on the bridges, the paper is intended to produce basic data for the calculation of appropriate construction cost in planning phase. From the result, it was calculated ratio of construction item in the total construction cost and unit cost. And then it was deduced effect factor of construction cost in steel box bridge.

• Proceedings of the Korean Professional Engineer Association Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.46-68
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• 1995

근 반세기 동안에 세계에서 간척 사업이 가장 활발하였던 곳은 화란의 북해안과 우리 나라의 서남해안이다. 이는 한반도의 서해안을 말하는 것으로 북한까지 포함된 것을 말한다. 그간 우리 나라는 간척 사업에 의해 농지의 외연적인 확대로 쌀의 지급율을 높이는 데 일익을 담당한 것도 사실이다 우리 나라의 서해안은 간만의 차가 커서 \circled1간척지가 잘 발달되어 간척 적지가 많고, \circled2지구 내의 배수 방식이 외국에서처럼 기계 배수가 아니고 자연 배수가 가능하여 유지 관리비가 적게 든다. 그러나 \circled3 방조제. 축조시 불가피하게 강력한 조류속이 발생하지만 이에 견별 수 있는 자연 석재를 비롯하여 축제 재료의 구득이 용이하고, 돌망태 공법을 개발하여 공사가 용이하고 공사비도 저렴하다. 또한 태풍이나 해일에 의해 해면이 상승하는 기상조도 일본이나 화란의 3.5m인데 비해 우리 나라는 1.5m정도로 이들 나라에 비하여 같은 조건에서도 둑마루 높이가 2.0m정도가 낮아져 공사비도 저렴하고 외측 피복공 공사도 용이하다. 뿐만 아니라 서남 해안의 해안선은 굴곡이 심하고 연안에는 섬들이 산재하여 있어, 매립 면적당 방조제의 길이가 짧고, 공사의 단계별 추진이 용이하다. 간석지의 토질도 비교적 단단하여 방조제의 축조나 토지 이용에 적합하는 등, 자연적인 간척 여건은 세계에서 찾아볼 수 없는 천혜의 입지 조건을갖추고 있다. 그동안 우리 나라의 간척 기술은 8 . 15 광복 이후, 소규모 간척 사업을 시행하다가 60년대에 이르러 국가 경제 개발의 일환으로 추진된 동진강 간척사업을 필두로, 70년대에는 남양, 아산, 삽교천 방조제 공사를 시행하면서 우리 나라 여건에 부합되는 방조제 구조와 공법을 독자적으로 개발하였고, 80년대에는 영산강, 대호, 금강, 90년 초에는 영암방조제 공사들을 무리없이 성공시켰고, 독자적인 기술 개발이 촉진되어 1994년 1월에는 세계 간척사상 유출입 조석량이 가장 큰(9억m$^3$로 그간 우리나라 및 화란에서 시행하였던 큰 규모는 약 3~억 m$^3$ 내외임) 시화 방조제 끝막이 공사를 우리 나라가 개발한 구조와 공법으로 성공시켰으며, 이에 힘입어 유출입 조석량이 18억m$^3$인 새만금 간척 공사를 독자적인 우리 기술에 의해 계획대로 시행되고 있는 현시점에서 그간 우리 나라의 간척 기술개발 사항은 물론, 간척 사업 .전반적인 사항을 요약하였고, 세계 각국의 간척 사업과도 비교하여 우리나라 간척 사업에 대한 현주소를 여기에 소개한다.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.53-61
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• 2014

Previous studies reveal the need for a tool to cost estimation of building design in early design stages. This paper proposes an internal finishes cost model tool to address this need. The tool allows users to evaluate the functionality, economics and quality of finishes concurrently with high-rise building design. Lack of information in the early stages of the project enables a relatively accurate estimates of work to raise up. Measurements are automatically extracted from simple design information and profile driven estimates are revised in real-time. The data model uses a flexible unit rate system that can easily be extended to other estimate dimensions such as mix-use building surcharge rate estimation. The approach illustrated in this paper is applicable to BIM tool conceptual estimation that support for massing purposes other than the one chosen for this study.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.235-243
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• 2008

Construction projects have unique characteristics that these may be carried out by contractors thus, cost should be estimated before execution. The importance of cost estimation and cost check has become increasingly emphasized in all phases of construction project that would be performed numerously. It is needed that owner have to estimate reasonable budget, and contractor should predict the bid price. However, there are lack of standard cost estimation method before quantity takeoff, cost analysis method, and cost database thus, the method of area cost, such as square foot method, is as used as ever in Korea. Therefore, this research suggested standard cost database structure CUBE, and analysis method of item quantity per one household categorized by area type. Whereafter, database of all item quantity of finish work has been built with 90 building cost data, and validated it's availability. In this respect, the suggested method and the findings from this research are expected to help enhancing the efficiency and productivity of cost estimation in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.152-163
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• 2012

At the conceptual phase of a construction project, estimated construction cost is very important as it significantly influences the owner's decision-making. Accurate cost estimating, in the early stage of a public construction project, serves as a critical factor because initial decision-making effects the final cost of a construction project. However in the cases of Korean public apartment projects, excluding a few of the public owners, there is a problem in properly estimating construction cost due to the lack of construction cost estimating system. Thus, this research developed a public apartment cost estimating system using case-based reasoning that was suggested by a previous research with 66 cases of Korean public apartment projects. Based on the system experiments involving 19 public officers and 10 cases of Korean public apartment projects, the effectiveness of the system in terms of estimation accuracy and user-friendly was confirmed. As a result, the developed system has an error range of 1.47% to 13.74% and mean of 6.15%. In addition, the system was evaluated that it could greatly improve the current estimation task of public officers. Consequently, the results of this research can be used as a foundation for a technological advance in estimating construction cost and improving the accuracy and consistency of construction cost estimation.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.89-99
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• 2010

Military Barracks and Bachelor Officer's Quarters are public buildings representing architectural characteristics with repeating the same room modules. These buildings require easy dismantling and reusing for the next generation' military re-organization. For these reasons, since 2005, the modular construction has been applied to military buildings. The most important factors required for modular military buildings are standardization, lowcost construction and reusable construction method. However, conventional modular building system have not been matched with these requirements. This study suggests a new modular system for Bachelor Officer's Quarters using Six-sigma design tool. To reflect the voices of customers, market study and surveys were carried out. Through the QFD, the voices of customers were converted into quality characteristics of building system for BOQ. The various design concepts meeting customer's requirement were derived by the QFD and Pugh matrix methodology. The proposed modular building system shows 80% increased factory production rate and 62% decreased weight of steel frame as compared with the conventional modular building system.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.132-144
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• 2009

In this study, the basic data for calculating the proper construction cost as minimizing the uncertainty at the stage of forecasting construction cost with the basis of the analysis on the actual construction cost within completed domestic public apartment house. In this regard, 23 public apartment houses by each region which were ordered by the Korea National Housing Corporation and completed from 2004 to 2007 were selected as the objects of study. Four works such as common temporary installation, construction work, civil work and machine/equipment work which are the important direct cost items based on the actually inputted and settled construction costs were classified by completion year, region, architectural area, and the distribution type considering inflation rate. The sequent actual construction costs per 3.3m2 were compared and analyzed by each work, the proper construction costs were analogized and the calculating formula were presumed with the basis of average actual construction costs to be analyzed and presented.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.11-18
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• 2007

This paper studied the economical efficiency of ground source heat pump system under various conditions in apartments which have important effects on the housing market. And this study analysed the initial cost increase, saved managing cost and recovery time of initial cost. Analysis result showed as time of heating-cooling and water heating increases, the amount of saved managing cost increased much than the initial construction cost, so recovery time shortened. And as the net area of apartment increases, the recovery time increased. The study of the relation between the installation type and recovery time of initial construction cost showed when heat-cooling system adapted ground source heat and water heating system adapted waste heat, the initial construction cost was recovered most quickly. When Ground Source Heating system was used for the heating-cooling and water heating system, ground source heating system was used for the heating-cooling and waste heat used for water heating, and ground source heating system was used for the heating-cooling and LNG used for water heating, the construction cost increased 72,000, 66,900 and 62,300 won each per $m^2$ compared to the current system (package air-conditioner, heating and water heating using LNG).

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.290-295
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• 2004

Along with social changes, school buildings are getting complex and diversified unlike the past. However, objective data analysis on construction costs fall short. In particular, ordering agencies are in a great need of objective and practical construction cost management for on-budget construction and procurement of quality goods. This paper analyzes the design diagram for a newly built school with an order from the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education, and compares the analysis with those of other kinds of buildings. The results are: the total construction cost of one school unit is 8,017,596,000 won on average; the cost is in the order of building, machinery and equipment, electricity, communications and civil engineering; as to activity, RC construction takes account of $30.3\%$ of the total construction cost. 1'he cost of school construction per M2 is 838,000 won, which is 6th highest of 11 kinds of constructions and slightly lower than 950,000 won, the average price of comparative constructions. When it comes to the percentage, school building takes mote percentage of the total cost than comparative building while machinery and equipment, electricity and communications takes slightly less percentage. Through simple regression analysis of gross coverage, this paper suggests a model formula with which the total construction cost, construction cost in accordance with activity, how much main construction materials are to be used are predictable.