Integrated Design and Cost Management for Civil Engineers

Title:

Personal Author:

Whyte, Andrew, 1967-

Physical Description:

xxiii, 447 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780415809214

Subject Term:

Engineering economy.

Public works -- Costs

Construction industry -- Management.

Building -- Cost control.

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Summary

Find Practical Solutions to Civil Engineering Design and Cost Management Problems

A guide to successfully designing, estimating, and scheduling a civil engineering project, Integrated Design and Cost Management for Civil Engineers shows how practicing professionals can design fit-for-use solutions within established time frames and reliable budgets. This text combines technical compliance with practical solutions in relation to cost planning, estimating, time, and cost control. It incorporates solutions that are technically sound as well as cost effective and time efficient. It focuses on the integration of design and construction based on solid engineering foundations contained within a code of ethics, and navigates engineers through the complete process of project design, pricing, and tendering.

Well illustrated

The book uses cases studies to illustrate principles and processes. Although they center on Australasia and Southeast Asia, the principles are internationally relevant. The material details procedures that emphasize the correct quantification and planning of works, resulting in reliable cost and time predictions. It also works toward minimizing the risk of losing business through cost blowouts or losing profits through underestimation.

This Text Details the Quest for Practical Solutions That:

Are cost effective Can be completed within a reasonable timeline Conform to relevant quality controls Are framed within appropriate contract documents Satisfy ethical professional procedures, and Address the client's brief through a structured approach to integrated design and cost management

Designed to help civil engineers develop and apply a multitude of skill bases, Integrated Design and Cost Management for Civil Engineers can aid them in maintaining relevancy in appropriate design justifications, guide work tasks, control costs, and structure project timelines. The book is an ideal link between a civil engineering course and practice.

Author Notes

Andrew Whyte is the head of civil engineering at Curtin University, Western Australia. He is also the Coordinator of Curtin's Master Engineering Management degree.

List of figures	p. xi
List of tables	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Author	p. xxiii
1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 Civil engineering attributes	p. 1
1.2 Design, Construction and Management of civil engineering projects	p. 2
1.3 Chapter breakdown	p. 5
2 Cost Planning and Control	p. 9
2.1 Cost prediction and estimating in civil engineering projects	p. 9
2.2 Cost estimating	p. 11
2.2.1 Approximate estimating	p. 12
2.2.1.1 Approximate estimating: Practice example	p. 13
2.2.2 Preliminary estimating	p. 16
2.2.2.1 Preliminary estimating: Practice example	p. 17
2.2.3 Detailed estimating	p. 18
2.2.3.1 Detailed estimating: Practice example	p. 22
2.2.4 Cost Plan inclusions	p. 28
2.2.4.1 Preliminary items	p. 29
2.2.4.2 Preamble items	p. 29
2.2.4.3 Prime cost Sums	p. 29
2.2.4.4 Provisional Sums	p. 30
2.2.4.5 Contingency and daywork amounts	p. 30
2.2.4.6 Profit markup	p. 30
2.3 Cash flow prediction and income/revenue monitoring	p. 31
2.3.1 S-curve cash flow	p. 33
2.3.1.1 S-Curve cash flow: Practice example	p. 34
2.3.2 Cost and income monitoring	p. 38
2.4 The time-value of money and (civil) engineering economics	p. 39
2.4.1 Present, annual and future worth project assessment techniques	p. 41
2.5 Life cycle cost analysis: Civil engineering applications	p. 43
2.5.1 LCCA Case study: Review of road alternatives	p. 44
2.5.2 LCCA Case study: Pavements	p. 48
2.5.3 LCCA Case study: Floating structures	p. 52
2.5.4 LCCA framework towards roof covering comparison	p. 54
3 Timelines and scheduling civil engineering projects	p. 57
3.1 Scheduling techniques	p. 58
3.1.1 Gantt charts	p. 58
3.1.2 Network and precedence diagrams	p. 59
3.1.3 Critical path method	p. 61
3.1.4 Programme evaluation and review technique	p. 62
3.1.5 Project scheduling and plan review: Practice example	p. 64
3.2 Rescheduling techniques to improve and adapt project timelines	p. 69
3.2.1 Project programme condensing and crashing	p. 70
3.2.1.1 Project programme condensing and (cost) Crashing: Practice example	p. 71
3.2.2 Resources and time frame	p. 72
3.2.2.1 Project resources deployment: Practice example	p. 73
3.3 Risk: Structured reporting	p. 75
3.4 Alternative scheduling techniques for civil engineering projects	p. 80
3.4.1 Linear scheduling: Practice example	p. 81
3.5 Method statements	p. 83
3.5.1 Method statements and risk	p. 83
3.5.2 Method statements Continuity	p. 85
3.6 Value management	p. 86
3.6.1 Value management techniques and tools	p. 87
3.7 Critical chain project management scheduling	p. 91
3.7.1 Implementation of critical path project management	p. 93
3.7.1.1 Cutting estimated task durations	p. 93
3.7.1.2 Buffer period installation and management	p. 94
3.7.2 Updating project schedules in CCPM	p. 95
3.7.3 CCPM application opportunities in civil engineering	p. 96
3.7.4 CCPM variables already in use in the construction industry	p. 98
3.7.5 Potential CCPM uptake factors	p. 99
3.8 Agile management	p. 102
3.8.1 Agile management and project scope	p. 104
3.9 Delay and (oil Price) fluctuations in civil engineering projects	p. 105
3.9.1 Fluctuation and escalation clauses to address oil price	p. 107
4 Quality control in civil engineering projects	p. 109
4.1 Quality systems and quality standards	p. 110
4.1.1 Quality system checklist: Practice example	p. 114
4.2 Quality and contractual requirements	p. 116
4.3 Quality and Continuous improvement	p. 118
4.4 Occupational health and safety in construction	p. 120
4.4.1 Industry initiatives in occupational health and safety in civil engineering	p. 122
4.4.2 Safety: Concrete and formwork	p. 123
4.4.2.1 Formwork failure: Case study example	p. 125
4.5 Prefabrication and modularisation productivity	p. 128
4.5.1 Assessing benefits and disadvantages of prefabrication	p. 131
4.6 Prefabrications and design specification decisions	p. 134
4.7 Predicting defects in civil engineering activities	p. 142
5 Contract documentation for civil engineering projects	p. 149
5.1 Contractual arrangements	p. 150
5.1.1 Elements of a contract	p. 152
5.1.2 Contractual category type selection: Practice example	p. 156
5.1.3 Project Progression via GCC: International/national standard forms	p. 159
5.1.4 Project progression: Variations, quality, extensions of time and claims	p. 163
5.1.5 Contractual administration practice examples	p. 165
5.1.6 Contractual dispute and resolution	p. 166
5.1.6.1 Standard forms of contract selection guideline	p. 168
5.1.6.2 Standard and bespoke forms of contract	p. 176
5.1.6.3 Overseas contractual arrangements: Malaysian payment clauses	p. 180
5.1.7 Environmental law	p. 188
5.1.7.1 Methods of environmental assessment: Federal and state	p. 191
5.2 Specifications for design solutions	p. 193
5.2.1 Specifications systems suppliers	p. 194
5.2.2 Specifications exemplars	p. 195
5.2.3 Specification types: General, technical, prescriptive and performance	p. 196
5.2.4 Specification decisions: Practice example	p. 199
5.2.4.1 Specification requirements for infrastructure in mountainous regions	p. 202
5.2.5 Design specifications to facilitate environmental savings	p. 207
5.2.5.1 Specifications and the use of recycled materials	p. 209
5.2.5.2 Demolition protocol and specifications for recycling	p. 212
5.2.5.3 Sustainable specification options for recycling demolition materials	p. 218
5.2.5.4 Life-cycle assessment (LCA), waste reuse and recycling	p. 226
5.2.6 Specifications and BIM	p. 237
5.2.6.1 BIM, the construction industry and specifications standards	p. 238
5.3 Design measurement and mensuration: Civil engineering bills of quantities	p. 246
5.3.1 BQ preparation	p. 248
5.3.1.1 BQ preparation: Practice example (site clearance)	p. 249
5.3.1.2 BQ practice example (concrete strip foundation)	p. 251
5.4 Design drawings	p. 254
5.4.1 Design criteria: Toward graphical representation	p. 256
5.4.2 Selected design guides for civil engineers	p. 258
6 Engineering ethics and professional development	p. 261
6.1 Engineering traditions	p. 262
6.1.1 Engineering (natural) Philosophy	p. 263
6.2 Professional engineering ethics	p. 264
6.2.1 Ethics assessment: Chartered professional membership practice example	p. 267
6.3 Leadership	p. 270
6.3.1 Management versus leadership	p. 271
6.3.2 Leadership measurement by personality testing	p. 272
6.3.3 Leadership Theory	p. 273
6.3.4 Communication	p. 274
6.3.5 Change management: BIM, communication and dissemination	p. 277
6.4 Professional integration in a multidisciplinary (BIM orientated) team	p. 281
7 Integrated design and cost management solutions	p. 291
7.1 Integrated design practice examples	p. 292
7.1.1 Practice example: Design solution for siteworks for a new school	p. 293
7.1.2 Practice example: Design solution for a temporary barge landing facility	p. 327
7.1.3 Practice example: Design solution for a landing facility proposal	p. 368
7.2 Representative civil engineering cost and output-efficiency information	p. 386
Reference	p. 401
Index	p. 429

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