| Description |
xxiv, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The discipline of cost planning -- Ch. 2. Research and development in cost planning practice -- Ch. 3. The three stages of cost planning -- Phase 1 : cost planning at the briefing stage -- Ch. 4. Developers' motivations and needs -- Ch. 5. Client identification and the briefing process -- Ch. 6. The economics of cost planning -- Ch. 7. Whole life-cycle costing and design sustainability -- Ch. 8. Procurement and the relationship with project costs -- Phase 2 : cost planning at the design stage -- Ch. 9. The design process and the project life-cycle -- Ch. 10. Standard methods of cost modelling -- Ch. 11. Cost and performance data -- Ch. 12. Construction cost indices -- Ch. 13. Cost planning the brief -- Ch. 14. Cost planning at the scheme design stage -- Phase 3 : cost planning and control at production and operation -- Ch. 15. Planning and managing project resources and costs -- Ch. 16. Resource-based cost models |
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Ch. 17. Cost control (1) : final design and production drawing stage -- Ch. 18. Cost control (2) : real time -- Ch. 19. Cost planning of renovation and maintenance work -- App. A. BCIS elemental cost analysis -- App. B. Discount rate tables |
| Summary |
This edition mirrors the revival of interest in quantity surveying skills. It is rewritten and restyled to be more user-friendly for today's students |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Cost planning of buildings / Douglas J. Ferry, Peter S. Brandon, Jonathan D. Ferry. 7th ed. 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Donated by Mr John Carthew for the Library Bookplate appeal 2008 Mr John Carthew |
| Subject |
Building -- Estimates.
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Building -- Cost control.
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| Author |
Brandon, P. S. (Peter S.)
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Ferry, Douglas J. (Douglas John).
Cost planning of buildings
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| LC no. |
2007000571 |
| ISBN |
9781405130707 paperback alkaline paper |
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1405130709 paperback alkaline paper |
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