Ferry and Brandon′s Cost Planning of Buildings 9e

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