| Abstract: 
 The paper describes the main principles and results of the integrated 
          cost estimation and project management microcomputer expert 
          system developed in the last years on the base of the spatial, technological 
          and time analysis of the building process with use of the 
          methodology of the construction technology design. This expert system 
          is based on quick modelling of the building process by use of typical 
          network diagrams, which are prepared in advance, created by an original 
          construction technology network diagram method. The typical network 
          diagrams can be modified according to the spatial conditions of a certain 
          building and to the amount of construction works and materials. Thanks 
          to the database of construction processes and to the typical network diagrams 
          the model of the building process including the cost assessment 
          can be made about 50 times quicker than by use of current cost estimation 
          or project management systems, quality assurance checklists, environmental 
          plans and plans of the safety at work included.
 Keywords:
 construction technology, 
            building process model, 
            network analysis, project 
            management
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