Building Cost Planning for the Design Team [Paperback]

Preface Part A: Context 1. Building and Construction Industry Characteristics 2. The Development Process 3. Design Economics 4. An Overview of Cost Planning Stages 5. Sources of Building Cost Data 6. Building Information Modelling (BIM) Part B: Cost Planning in Action 7. Cost Planning the Pre-Design (Briefing) Stages 8. Cost Planning the Concept Design (Outline Proposals) Stage 9. Cost Planning the Developed Design (Sketch Design) Stage 10. Cost Planning the Technical Design (Documentation Stage

Cost management of all building projects has become increasingly important as clients in the public and private sector demand the highest quality cost planning services with accurate budgeting and cost control. All members of the design team must integrate their activities to ensure that a high quality project is delivered on time and within budget.

This book considers building cost planning and cost control from the client and the design team's perspective, where all decisions whether concerned with design, cost, quality, time, value or sustainability are taken as being interrelated. The latest Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Plan of Work and the New Rules of Measurement for Early Stage Estimating and Cost Planning issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have been incorporated into this new text. The book follows the building design cost planning process from the crucial inception stages and then through all the design stages to the completion of the technical design, contract documentation and the tender. It provides a template for good cost planning practice.

An essential addition to this third edition is the introduction of integrated design and documentation processes captured in building Information modelling (BIM), on-line cost databases and computerised methods of cost planning. The integrated approaches are explained and provide vilÕ