[eBook Code] Ferry and Brandon's Cost Planning of Buildings (eBook Code, 9th)

About the Authors vii

Contributors to the Ninth Edition viii

Preface to the First Edition ix

Preface to the Ninth Edition x

Acknowledgements xi

Nomenclature and Acronyms xii

About the Companion Website xiv

INTRODUCTION

1. An Overview of Cost Planning 3

2. Building Information Modelling 13

3. A Three-Stage Cost Planning Strategy 23

PHASE I: COST PLANNING AT THE BRIEFING STAGE

4. Developers’ Motivations and Needs 31

5. Client Identification and the Briefing Process: Aligning the Client Need with the Brief and the Budget 39

6. The Economics of Cost Planning: The Time Value of Money and Cash Flow 59

7. Whole Life Planning: The Methodology of Whole Life Cycle Costing and Design for Sustainability 75

8. Construction Procurement and the Relationship with Project Costs 91

PHASE II: COST PLANNING AT THE DESIGN STAGE

9. The Design Process and the Project Life Cycle 109

10. Standard Methods of Cost Modelling in Design 128

11. Cost and Performance Data: Sourcing and Application to the Cost Plan 160

12. Construction Cost Indices 182

13. Cost Planning the Brief 195

14. Cost Planning at the Scheme Design Stage 209

PHASE III: COST PLANNING AND CONTROL AT PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONAL STAGES

15. Planning and Managing Project Resources and Costs 231

16. Resource-Based Cost Models 257

17. Cost Control (1): Final Design and Production Drawing Stage 270

18. Cost Control (2): Real Time 280

19. Cost Planning and Control of Refurbishment, Life Cycle Renewal and Repair Work 300

Appendix: Discounting and interest formulae and tables 307

Index 317