Cover -- Building Cost Planning for the Design Team -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part A: Context -- Chapter 1 Building and Construction Industry Characteristics -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY -- INFORMATION ON THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Chapter 2 The Development Process -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK -- FACTORS INFLUENCING THE TYPE AND FORM OF DEVELOPMENT -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 3 Design Economics -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- TIME/COST/QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS -- DESIGN DECISIONS WITH MAJOR COST CONSEQUENCES -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Chapter 4 An Overview of Cost Planning Stages -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS COMMONLY USED IN COST PLANNING -- AIMS OF COST PLANNING -- PRINCIPLES OF COST CONTROL -- PRE-CONSTRUCTION COST CONTROL -- COST PLANNING THE DESIGN -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Chapter 5 Sources of Building Cost Data -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Part B: Cost Planning the Design Stages -- Chapter 6 Cost Planning the Pre-design (Briefing) Stage: Budget Setting -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- THE TECHNIQUES: WHAT IS AN ESTIMATE? -- COST PLANNING IN THE STRATEGIC BRIEFING STAGE A -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Chapter 7 Cost Planning the Outline Proposals Stage -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- OUTLINE PROPOSALS: PLAN OF WORK STAGE C -- OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND DOCUMENTATION -- THE APPROACH TO THE OUTLINE PROPOSALS STAGE C -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE OUTLINE PROPOSALS STAGE -- GROUP ELEMENTS -- ALLOWANCES FOR CONTINGENCIES -- ESCALATION TO TENDER DATE -- GROUP AND ELEMENTAL COST TARGETS -- GROUP ELEMENT RATES USING BCIS SOURCES -- PUBLISHED SOURCE -- DERIVING COST TARGETS -- SUGGESTED APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PRELIMINARIES -- FACTORS TO CONSIDER -- PREPARING THE OUTLINE COST PLAN -- STAGE C: OUTLINE PROPOSALS COST PLAN -- SELECTION OF A SUITABLE RATE PER SQUARE METRE FOR GROUP ELEMENTS -- SUMMARY OF COST PLANNING DURING OUTLINE PROPOSALS -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Chapter 8 Cost Planning the Detailed Proposals Stage -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- BUDGET DISTRIBUTING TECHNIQUES -- OVERVIEW OF DETAILED PROPOSALS ACTIVITIES AND DOCUMENTATION -- ADJUSTMENTS FOR QUANTITY, QUALITY AND PRICE [Q, Q, P] -- PREPARING COST TARGETS -- SUMMARY OF BUDGET AND COST PLANS -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Chapter 9 Cost Planning the Tender Documentation Stages -- CHAPTER PREVIEW -- BASIC CYCLE OF OPERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- SUGGESTED ANSWERS -- Appendix: Standard Form of Cost Analysis: Principles, Instructions and Definitions -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STANDARD FORM OF COST ANALYSIS -- 1: PRINCIPLES OF ANALYSIS -- 2: INSTRUCTIONS -- 3: DEFINITIONS -- 4: FORMS OF ANALYSIS AND GUIDANCE NOTES -- 5: LETTER SEEKING PERMISSION TO SUBMIT COST ANALYSIS TO BCIS -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L.
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The central thesis of this book defines cost planning as a team responsibility and it attempts to broaden the limited vision of conventional cost planning by considering such issues as value, use and effectiveness of the completed building.