1、5000 英文单词， 2.7 万英文字符 ， 中文 8250 字 文献出处： Anyanwu C I. Project cost control in the Nigerian Construction IndustryJ. International Journal of Engineering Science Invention www. ijesi. orgvolume2Issue12, 2013: 65-71. Project Cost Control in the Nigerian Construction Industry C.I. Anyanwu ABSTRACT The con
2、struction industry being solely responsible for economic growth of the nation will base on the governments fiscal policy and budget the formulation of its own policy plan on how to carry out development within that budget and equally give the nation a healthy developed environment. Besides, the over
3、all aim of cost control and management is to make sure that scarce resources are utilized to the optimum benefits of the main parties to a construction contract. That means that design and execution of a project should produce maximum value for money. Given therefore, the high cost rate of money for
4、 construction resources and high interest in this dwindling, deregulated and depressed economy, it is pertinent that efficient costing should be a very strong element in project design and implementation. The economic aspects of construction are complicated by the fact that the functions of design a
5、nd production are generally separated. At the design stage, the designer will usually not know the methods and equipment available to the contractor who may ultimately build the project, and who is directly responsible for the materials used, which for most buildings account for about two-thirds of
6、the total cost of the project. This is not to suggest that the contractor has no contribution to make, but since the labour which he controls, cost only about half that of the materials, his efforts can easily be nullified by any design which makes excessive or unnecessary use of materials. This will have serious adverse effect on the project cost, its execution and completion date and may lead to delay and outright abandonment. The need to have cost data available from the earliest stages
