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1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Contributors to the Ninth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Ninth Edition; Acknowledgements; Nomenclature and Acronyms; About the Companion Website; Introduction; Chapter 1 An Overview of Cost Planning; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The 'art' of cost planning; 1.3 The cost planning process; 1.4 The profession of quantity surveying; 1.5 Public sector building procurement; 1.6 International dimensions; 1.7 The future of cost planning; Further Reading; Endnotes; Chapter 2 Building Information Modelling; 2.1 Introduction |
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2.2 A brief history of BIM2.3 Definition and concepts; 2.4 Industry Foundation Class (IFC); 2.5 BIM and the project life cycle; 2.6 The effect of BIM on the project life cycle; 2.7 The effect of BIM on the role of cost planner; 2.8 Issues surrounding the implementation of BIM; 2.9 International perspectives on the development of BIM; 2.10 Commonly used BIM software tools and vendors; 2.11 Case study: HM Young Offender Institution Cookham Wood; 2.12 Key points; References; Endnotes; Chapter 3 A Three-Stage Cost Planning Strategy; 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Stage 1: The outline client brief, procurement strategy and the budget3.3 Stage 2: The cost planning and control of the design process; 3.4 Stage 3: Cost control of the procurement and construction stages; 3.5 The role of the cost planner; 3.6 Cost planning practice; 3.7 Key points; Further reading; Endnotes; Phase I Cost Planning at the Briefing Stage; Chapter 4 Developers'' Motivations and Needs; 4.1 Developers and development; 4.2 Profit development, social development and user development; 4.3 Cost targets for profit development |
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4.4 Cost targets for social or public sector user development4.5 Cost targets for private user development; 4.6 Cost targets for mixed development; 4.7 Cost-benefit analysis (CBA); 4.8 The client's needs; 4.9 Key points; Endnote; Chapter 5 Client Identification and the Briefing Process: Aligning the Client Need with the Brief and the Budget; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The client; 5.3 Type and level of management service required by client; 5.4 Types of clients: 'user clients' and 'paying clients'; 5.5 The brief and the process of briefing; 5.6 Format and content of the brief |
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5.7 The clients budget5.8 Calculating building costs; 5.9 Some budgetary examples; 5.10 Key points; Endnotes; Chapter 6 The Economics of Cost Planning: The Time Value of Money and Cash Flow; 6.1 The time value of money; 6.2 Interest: the cost of finance; 6.3 Do we always take interest into account?; 6.4 The importance of understanding the cost/time relationship; 6.5 The application of simple development economics in cost planning: terminology and nomenclature; 6.6 Project cash flow; 6.7 Discounted cash flow techniques; 6.8 Key points; Endnotes; Further reading; References |
| Summary |
This new edition of the classic quantity surveying textbook retains its basic structure but has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes in the industry, especially in procurement. Although over the last 20 years a number of new procurement methods have evolved and become adopted, the recession has seen many clients revert to established traditional methods of procurement so the fundamentals of cost planning still apply - and should not be ignored. The first edition of this leading textbook was published in 1964 and it continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the practi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Building -- Estimates.
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Building -- Cost control
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Building -- Estimates -- Auditing
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
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Building -- Cost control
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Building -- Estimates
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bataw, Anas, contributor
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Greenhalgh, Brian, contributor
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Waterman, Anthony, contributor
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Kirkham, Richard, cover designer
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Heath, Sandra, 1944- cover designer.
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| LC no. |
2014004009 |
| ISBN |
9781118887615 |
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1118887611 |
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