ABSTRACT

On time and in budget.

As a construction project manager, achieving this while maintaining quality is the most valuable package you can offer your clients. Of course, its value derives largely from it's difficulty – if it were easy to complete jobs entirely to plan then it would happen rather more often.

Using a combination of worked examples and case studies, this book examines how projects go over-cost, what lessons can be learned from past examples and what approaches have successfully been employed. Example case studies include:

  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Wembley Stadium
  • Heathrow Terminal 5.

If you're studying Surveying or Construction Management, or starting out as a Construction Cost Manager and need to plan or assess construction projects then this is the book for you.

part |2 pages

Part I Introduction

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction and overview

chapter 2|13 pages

Reports and recommendations

part |2 pages

Part II Management of the pre-contract stage

chapter 3|17 pages

Selecting the consultants and contractors

chapter 4|13 pages

Pre-contract cost management

chapter 5|16 pages

Cost management on PFI projects

chapter 6|14 pages

Contractor’s estimating and tendering

part |2 pages

Part III Key tools and techniques

chapter 7|14 pages

Value management

chapter 8|17 pages

Risk management (RM)

chapter 9|11 pages

Whole-life costing

part |2 pages

Part IV Procurement strategies

chapter 10|22 pages

Organizational methods (part A)

chapter 11|21 pages

Organizational methods (part B)

chapter 12|17 pages

Payment systems and contract administration

part |2 pages

Part V Management of the post-contract stage

chapter 14|16 pages

Change management – valuing variations

chapter 15|18 pages

Claims management

part |2 pages

Part VI Contracts and case study