Ferry and Brandon's Cost Planning of Buildings
provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice and
procedures of cost planning in the procurement of buildings.
The eighth edition of this leading textbook has been thoroughly
updated to reflect the significant changes that have occurred in
the UK construction industry since the new millennium. Whilst
retaining its core structure of the three-phase cost planning
process originally developed by Ferry and Brandon, the text
provides a thorough grounding in contemporary issues including
procurement innovation, whole life-cycle costing and modelling
techniques.
Designed to support the core cost planning studies covered by
students reading for degrees in quantity surveying and construction
management, it provides a platform for understanding the
fundamental importance of effective cost planning practice.
The principals of elemental cost planning are covered from both
pre- and post- contract perspectives; the role of effective
briefing and client/stakeholder engagement as best practice is also
reinforced in this text.
In his revisions, Richard Kirkham reflects the many changes in
the construction industry in the past eight years: procurement is
given prominence early in the book; the changing role of the
quantity surveyor and building economist is discussed, as is the
crucial role they assume throughout the project life cycle. He
emphasises the importance of early and collaborative working in the
design team, as well as the impact of whole life-cycle costing.
Autorentext
Richard Kirkham is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Quantity Surveying at the School of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University. He is also visiting Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool School of Architecture.
Zusammenfassung
Ferry and Brandon's Cost Planning of Buildings provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice and procedures of cost planning in the procurement of buildings.
The eighth edition of this leading textbook has been thoroughly updated to reflect the significant changes that have occurred in the UK construction industry since the new millennium. Whilst retaining its core structure of the three-phase cost planning process originally developed by Ferry and Brandon, the text provides a thorough grounding in contemporary issues including procurement innovation, whole life-cycle costing and modelling techniques.
Designed to support the core cost planning studies covered by students reading for degrees in quantity surveying and construction management, it provides a platform for understanding the fundamental importance of effective cost planning practice.
The principals of elemental cost planning are covered from both pre- and post- contract perspectives; the role of effective briefing and client/stakeholder engagement as best practice is also reinforced in this text.
In his revisions, Richard Kirkham reflects the many changes in the construction industry in the past eight years: procurement is given prominence early in the book; the changing role of the quantity surveyor and building economist is discussed, as is the crucial role they assume throughout the project life cycle. He emphasises the importance of early and collaborative working in the design team, as well as the impact of whole life-cycle costing.
Inhalt
Preface to Eighth Edition .
Preface to First Edition .
Nomenclature and Acronyms .
Acknowledgements .
About the Authors .
About the Contributors.
INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 1 The Discipline of Cost Planning .
1.1 Buildings cost money.
1.2 What happened to the cost plan?.
1.3 The cost planning process.
1.4 Cost planning and the role of the quantity surveyor (QS).
1.5 Public sector building procurement.
1.6 International dimensions.
1.7 The future of cost planning.
Chapter 2 Research and Development in Cost Planning Practice .
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Knowledge management in construction.
2.3 eProcurement and the cost planning function.
2.4 Harnessing digital communication through the supply chain.
2.5 Typical applications used in e-procurement and cost planning.
2.6 e-Procurement and IT developments in cost planning/quantity surveying practice.
2.7 Research in cost planning and cost modelling.
Chapter 3 The Three Stages of Cost Planning .
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Stage 1: The outline client brief, procurement strategy and the budget.
3.3 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.
PHASE 1: 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.
4.4 Cost targets for social or public sector user development.
4.5 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.
Chapter 5 Client Identification and the Briefing Process .
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 and the stakeholder perspective.
5.5 The brief and the process of briefing.
5.6 Format and content of the brief.
5.7 The client's budget.
5.8 Calculating building costs.
5.9 Budgetary examples.
5.10 Key points.
Chapter 6 The Economics of Cost Planning .
6.1 The time value of money.
6.2 Interest - the cost of finance.
6.3 Is interest always taken 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.
Chapter 7 Whole Life Cycle Costing and Design Sustainability .
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 History of WLCC.
7.3 Definitions and disambiguation.
7.4 Applications of WLCC - the public sector perspective.
7.5 WLCC beyond construction.
7.6 Private sector procurement.
7.7 Theory and methodology.
7.8 Disadvantages of whole-life costs assessment.
7.9 Software tools for WLCC.
7.10 Key points.
Chapter 8 Procurement and the Relationship with Project Costs .
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 The traditional procurement system and cost planning.
8.3 Standard forms of building contract.
8.4 Basic forms of building contract in the traditional method of procurement.
8.5 JCT contracts for traditional procurement.
8.6 Design and build procurement.
8.7 Management-based procurement.
8.8 Partnering.
8.9 Public sector construction procurement and the Private Finance Initiative.
8.10 Key points.
PHASE 2: COST PLANNING AT THE DESIGN STAGE .
Chapter 9 The Design Process and the Project Life Cycle .
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 The building design process.
9.3 The design team.
9.4 The RIBA Plan of Work.
9.5 Comparison of desig…