Building Economics: Appraisal and control of building design cost and efficiency (Building and Surveying Series, 6) - Softcover

Seeley, Ivor H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333638352 ISBN 13: 9780333638354

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 1995

Synopsis

This comprehensively rewritten, updated and extended new edition of this established text focuses on what has become the most important single 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. The book examines the factors influencing building costs and how the precontract costs can be estimated, analysed 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 costing 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.

About this title

About the Author

The late Ivor H Seeley taught for many years at Nottingham Trent University, UK, where he was head of the Department of Surveying and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333638352
• ISBN 13: 9780333638354
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 520