Table of Contents
About the Authors vii
Contributors to the Ninth Edition viii
Preface to the First Edition ix
Preface to the Ninth Edition x
Acknowledgements xi
Nomenclature and Acronyms xii
About the Companion Website xiv
Introduction
1. An Overview of Cost Planning 3
2. Building Information Modelling 13
3. A Three-Stage Cost Planning Strategy 23
Phase I: Cost Planning at the Briefing Stage
4. Developers’ Motivations and Needs 31
5. Client Identification and the Briefing Process: Aligning the Client Need with the Brief and the Budget 39
6. The Economics of Cost Planning: The Time Value of Money and Cash Flow 59
7. Whole Life Planning: The Methodology of Whole Life Cycle Costing and Design for Sustainability 75
8. Construction Procurement and the Relationship with Project Costs 91
Phase II: Cost Planning at the Design Stage
9. The Design Process and the Project Life Cycle 109
10. Standard Methods of Cost Modelling in Design 128
11. Cost and Performance Data: Sourcing and Application to the Cost Plan 160
12. Construction Cost Indices 182
13. Cost Planning the Brief 195
14. Cost Planning at the Scheme Design Stage 209
Phase III: Cost Planning and Control at Production and Operational Stages
15. Planning and Managing Project Resources and Costs 231
16. Resource-Based Cost Models 257
17. Cost Control (1): Final Design and Production Drawing Stage 270
18. Cost Control (2): Real Time 280
19. Cost Planning and Control of Refurbishment, Life Cycle Renewal and Repair Work 300
Appendix: Discounting and interest formulae and tables 307
Index 317