Construction Management
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781119256809
Author: Daniel W. Halpin, Bolivar A. Senior, Gunnar Lucko
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 2, Problem 14RQE
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List the percentage of the total cost of a building as per the RS Means Building Construction Costs TM estimation for its
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