Building Design Cost Management

Chapter One - Introduction & Reading Reflections

This section of the site aims to provide the reader reflections as published in the text. Further reader reflections will be added to these pages as the website develops. All the chapters of the book have these reflections listed at the end, however, some also have reader reflections within the text of the chapter itself. These are included, where included, below the others and shaded in grey to differentiate between the two

Introduction

This chapter aims to:

Define some of the terms used in the processes of design management.
Introduce the reader to the historical imperatives for managing the costs of design
Discuss the quantity surveying profession's role in the development of procurement document for prediction and control
Establish the basic processes for design cost management

Reader Reflections

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**Reader Reflections - Chapter 1**
	How might the construction economist's approach change if the team were constructing to a price? Why has the information contained in project procurement got a value to the construction industry at large? What do you understand by the basic approach to design cost management? Why do you think some construction economists consider that contractors produce 'socially acceptable' rather than 'true cost' estimates?

If you feel you would like to add a reflection at this stage please email the authors : Andy Ross