Presentation

Using Web Scraping Technology to Automatize Cost Data Collection for Calculating Construction Cost Indexes

AuthorsShrestha, K. J., and Jeong, H. D.

Published in1st Graduate and Professional Student Research Conference

Year2014

Using Web Scraping Technology to Automatize Cost Data Collection for Calculating Construction Cost Indexes

Overview

This presentation examines web scraping as a way to automate the collection of cost data used to calculate construction cost indexes. Automating data collection can help make index development more efficient.