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Building Economics [BL0684]

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This revised and updated edition focuses on an important facet of the quantity surveyor's role - cost management. The scope of the book has been broadened to take account of the widening and more sophisticated cost management and control service that clients now require. It examines the factors influencing building costs and how the pre-contract costs can be estimated, analyzed and controlled, to ensure that buildings can be completed within the agreed budget and timescale, and be of acceptable quality, function effectively and provide value for money. A new chapter on value management has been added, together with an introductory chapter on cost modelling; the chapter on life cycling is extended, while the sections on energy conservation and occupancy costs are expanded. Throughout the text many new case studies, with supporting tables and diagrams, are included in order to enhance the value of this book to the student and the practitioner.


Contents: Preface - The Concept of Cost Control - Cost Implications of Design Variables - Functional Requirements and Cost Implications of Construction Methods - Influence of Site and Market Conditions and Economics of Prefabrication and Industrialised and System Building - Economics of Residential Development - Approximate Estimating - Cost Planning Theories and Techniques - Cost Modelling - Cost Analyses, Indices and Data - Practical Application of Cost Control Techniques - Value Management - Valuation Processes - Life Cycle Costing - Land Use and Value Determinants - Economics of Building Development - Environmental Economics and the Construction Industry - Appendices - References - Index .
Building Economics
Author:  Seeley, Ivor
Date Published:  January 1996
Document Type:  Books
Format:  Paperback
ISBN:  0333638352
ISBN13:  9780333638354
Pages:  520
Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan
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