| Description |
1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Looking Back and Perceptions -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation Behind this Book -- 1.1.1 Practice and Research Experience -- 1.1.2 Market Trends -- 1.1.3 Overarching Goals of this Book -- 1.2 Description of the Knowledge Gap -- 1.2.1 Contradictions between Drivers and Perception -- 1.2.2 Lack of Studies on Construction Cost -- 1.2.3 Lack of Consistency in Construction Cost data Collection -- 1.2.4 Differing Definitions of Sustainability |
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1.3 Project Design team's Influence -- 1.3.1 Theoretical Foundation of Design Decision's Effect on Construction Cost -- 1.3.2 Proposed Conceptual Model -- 1.3.3 Project Characteristics -- 1.3.4 Project Team Characteristics -- 1.3.5 Level of Sustainability -- 1.3.6 Construction Cost -- 1.4 Organization of Book -- 2 Existing Research -- 2.1 Research Development of the Green building Construction Cost -- 2.1.1 Phase 1: 1980-1990 -- 2.1.2 Phase 2: 1991-2000 -- 2.1.3 Phase 3: 2001-2010 -- 2.1.4 Phase 4: 2011-2022 -- 2.1.5 Summary of Research Activities |
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2.2 Changes in Definition of cost Categories and Components -- 2.2.1 Direct Costs Versus Indirect Costs -- 2.2.2 Variable Costs Versus fixed Costs -- 2.2.3 Hard Costs and Soft Costs -- 2.2.4 Initial Cost and life Cycle Cost -- 2.3 Knowledge Gaps in Construction cost and Estimation -- 2.3.1 Misuse of Cost and Price -- 2.3.2 Lack of Cost Estimation Transparency -- 2.4 Current Research Status of the Sustainable Building Construction Cost -- 2.4.1 Literature Selection -- 2.4.2 Findings and Conclusion -- 2.4.3 Primary Issue -- 2.5 Proposed Cost Components Definition for Sustainable Building |
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2.6 Chapter Summary -- 3 Meta-Analysis Findings -- 3.1 Meta-Analysis Results -- 3.1.1 Differences in the SCS per Building Type -- 3.1.2 Differences in the SCS per Continent -- 3.1.3 Differences in the SCS per LEED Certification Level -- 3.1.4 Differences in the SCS per Construction Cost Data Source -- 3.1.5 Differences in the SCS between Studies by industry Experts and Academic Researchers -- 3.1.6 Summary of Meta-analysis Findings -- 3.2 Influential Cost Factors of the SBCC Derived from the Meta-Analysis -- 3.2.1 Grouping of Construction Cost Factors -- 3.3 Project Characteristic Variables |
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3.3.1 Technical Complexity -- 3.3.2 Supply Chain Issues -- 3.3.3 Building-Specific Characteristics -- 3.4 Project team Characteristic Variables -- 3.4.1 Procurement and Delivery Method -- 3.4.2 Skills and Experience -- 3.4.3 Collaboration and Communication -- 3.4.4 Innovation -- 3.5 Chapter Summary -- Part II: What Actual Data tells Us -- 4 Data Collection and Description -- 4.1 SBCC Composition and Data Sources -- 4.2 Data Collection from GSA -- 4.3 Construction Cost Database Descriptive Statistics -- 4.3.1 Project Cost Range -- 4.3.2 Cost Variance per Geographic Location |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.3.3 Cost Variance per Scope of Work |
| Subject |
Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction -- Costs
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Sustainable buildings -- Costs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000915198 |
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1000915190 |
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