A study by the Rand Corporation found that "a doubling in the number of [nuclear] reactors [built by an architect-engineer] results in a 5% reduction in both construction time and capital cost".

兰德公司(Rand Corporation)的研究发现，“(建筑工程师)制造的(核)反应堆数量增加一倍，所需的制造时间和资金成本下降5%。”

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A lower cost of capital, for instance, fuels the pace of construction.

比如，更低的资本成本加快了建设速度。

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The Total Construction and Capital Cost forecast remains unchanged since the previous reporting period.

与前次报告期相比，总建造成本和财务成本预测保持不变。

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While the private sector assumes responsibility for capital costs and the risks involved such as cost and time overruns in construction or failure to deliver an agreed level of service, the local authority in return commits to regular payments.

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To give a few examples: the small Central American state of Belize was further impoverished by the construction of a new capital, Belmopan, in the 1960s-1970s, whose cost spiralled to four times its original estimate.

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