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.