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Predicting Construction Costs Under Uncertain Market Conditions: Probabilistic Forecasting Using Autoregressive Recurrent Networks Based On DeepAR
Construction Research Congress 2024, CRC 2024
  • Ghiwa Assaf
  • Rayan H. Assaad
  • Islam H. El-Adaway, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Mohamad Abdul Nabi
Abstract

Projects Often Experience Cost Overruns Due To Market Uncertainty And Price Escalations. Traditional Cost Estimation Methods That Rely On Point Estimation Are Incapable Of Providing Prediction Intervals As Well As Probabilistic Assessment. Thus, There Is Need For An Innovative Approach To Predict The Changes And Uncertainties In Construction Material Costs. This Paper Proposes A Novel Stochastic Model To Estimate Construction Material Costs By Applying Probabilistic Forecasting Using Autoregressive Recurrent Networks. First, Price Data Was Collected For Four Different Construction Materials. Second, Data Was Divided Into A Training Set (Pre-COVID-19) And A Testing Test (Post-COVID-19). Third, The State-Of-The-Art DeepAR Algorithm Was Implemented To Provide Probabilistic Forecasts For Construction Material Prices Under Uncertain Post-COVID Market Conditions. The Results Showed That The Proposed Stochastic Model Provides Accurate Cost Estimates With A Mean Absolute Percentage Error Of 1% For Concrete Products, Of 2% For Concrete Ingredients, Of 3% For Paving Mixtures And Blocks, And Of 4% For Steel And Iron Materials. This Paper Adds To The Body Of Knowledge By Proposing A New Approach For Estimating Construction Material By Providing Probabilistic Forecasts In The Form Of Monte Carlo Samples That Can Be Used To Compute Quantile Estimates, Which Offers Better Protections Against Rising Costs.

Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-078448528-6
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2024 American Society of Civil Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Publication Date
01 Jan 2024
Citation Information
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H. Assaad, Islam H. El-Adaway and Mohamad Abdul Nabi. "Predicting Construction Costs Under Uncertain Market Conditions: Probabilistic Forecasting Using Autoregressive Recurrent Networks Based On DeepAR" Construction Research Congress 2024, CRC 2024 Vol. 3 (2024) p. 253 - 262
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/islam-el-adaway/207/