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Construction Cost Management

Construction Cost Management

My first text book Major Construction Works: Contractual and Financial Management (Longman) (1995) was based on documentation assembled during 1993 and 1994

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Contents

Part I Introduction

1 Introduction and overview
  • 1.1 Setting the scene
  • 1.2 Construction overview
  • 1.3 Influential reports
  • 1.4 Recommendations from professional bodies
  • 1.5 Learning from case studies
  • 1.6 Learning from project failures
  • 1.7 Relevant observation
  • 1.8 Conclusion
  • 1.9 Questions
  • Bibliography
2 Reports and recommendations
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Latham report, Constructing the Team (1994)
  • 2.3 Levene Efficiency Scrutiny (1995)
  • 2.4 Construction Procurement Guidance, HM Treasury (1996)
  • 2.5 Construction Industry Board (CIB) working groups (1996–1997)
  • 2.6 The Egan report Rethinking Construction (1998)
  • 2.7 Modernising Construction, National Audit Office (2001)
  • 2.8 The second Egan report, Accelerating Change (2002)
  • 2.9 Achieving Excellence in Construction Procurement Guides, Office of Government Commerce (2003)
  • 2.10 Improving Public Services through Better Construction, National Audit Office (2005)
  • 2.11 Conclusion
  • 2.12 Questions
  • Bibliography

Part II Management of the pre-contract stage

3 Selecting the consultants and contractors
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Selecting consultants
  • 3.3 Selecting contractors by value
  • 3.4 Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) Guide – Selecting Contractors by Value
  • 3.5 Two-stage tendering
  • 3.6 FIDIC tendering procedures
  • 3.7 Conclusion
  • 3.8 Questions
  • Bibliography
4 Pre-contract cost management
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Cost estimating on engineering, manufacturing and process industries
  • 4.3 Cost estimating on civil engineering projects
  • 4.4 Cost estimating on building projects
  • 4.5 General comments
  • 4.6 Action after receipt of tenders
  • 4.7 Conclusion
  • 4.8 Questions
  • Bibliography
5 Cost management on PFI projects
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Structure of BOT projects
  • 5.3 Case study: Nottingham Express Transit (NET) Light Rail
  • 5.4 Factors leading to success on BOT projects
  • 5.5 Risks and securities
  • 5.6 Case study: Sydney SuperDome, Australia
  • 5.7 The Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
  • 5.8 The role of the cost consultant in PFI/PPP projects
  • 5.9 Case study: Stoke-on-Trent Schools, UK
  • 5.10 Conclusion
  • 5.11 Questions
  • Bibliography
6 Contractor’s estimating and tendering
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Stage 1 – decision to tender
  • 6.3 Stage 2 – determining the basis of the tender
  • 6.4 Stage 3 – preparation of cost estimate
  • 6.5 Stage 4 – commercial appreciation
  • 6.6 Stage 5 – conversion of estimate to tender
  • 6.7 Stage 6 – submission of tender
  • 6.8 Conclusion
  • 6.9 Questions
  • Bibliography

Part III Key tools and techniques

7 Value management
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 What is value management?
  • 7.3 Value planning (VP)
  • 7.4 Metropolis United’s new football stadium
  • 7.5 Value engineering (VE)
  • 7.6 Value reviewing (VR)
  • 7.7 Case studies
  • 7.8 Conclusion
  • 7.9 Questions
  • Bibliography
8 Risk management (RM)
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Risk identification
  • 8.3 Risk analysis techniques
  • 8.4 Risk register
  • 8.5 Risk response
  • 8.6 Strategic risk management
  • 8.7 Case studies
  • 8.8 Conclusion
  • 8.9 Questions
  • Bibliography
9 Whole-life costing
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Understanding the relevance of whole-life costing (WLC)
  • 9.3 The basic steps in whole-life costing (WLC)
  • 9.4 Money, time and investment
  • 9.5 Calculations
  • 9.6 Problems with assessing whole-life costs
  • 9.7 Whole-life value (WLV)
  • 9.8 Conclusion
  • 9.9 Questions
  • Bibliography

Part IV Procurement strategies

10 Organizational methods (part A)
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Traditional method

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