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Summary
Summary
This book, widely regarded as the leading text on the subject, reflects the broad understanding required by today's cost planners in their increasingly important role as the client's financial manager. The book has been updated and reorganised to reflect the industry's shift from work in the public sector to the private sector, and greater emphasis on refurbishment rather than new work.
The contents are divided into three parts, covering the various stages of the construction process:
Stage 1: The brief and the budget - establishing the budget from the standpoint of the client's needs and resources
Stage 2: Designing the budget - designing the project within the client's budget
Stage 3: Controlling the cost - maintaining the budget throughout the project.
At each stage theoretical examples are included, together, for the first time, with some up-to-date, real life examples.
Author Notes
Douglas J. Ferry PhD, FRICS, formerly Dean of Architecture and Building, New South Wales Institute of Technology, and Research Manager with CIRIA, is a research consultant.
Peter S. Brandon MSc, FRICS was formerly Professor of Quantity and Building Surveying and is now Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Graduate Studies) at the University of Salford.
Jonathan D. Ferry BSc(Hons) is a Senior Cost Consultant at Dearle & Henderson Consulting, London.