Building Design Cost Management
Chapter Three
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.
Introduction
This chapter aims to:
- Introduce the reader to the context of design cost management
- Highlight the fragmentation that the construction procurement supply chain encourages
- Discuss how objectives of time, cost and quality are balanced by the various procurement strategies
- Review how the various procurement strategies in use in the UK have evolved
Chapter 3 Reader reflections
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- Why do you think the UK Construction Industry is sometimes considered as adversarial in nature?
- What initiatives have the UK government put in place to reduce the incidence of disputes between the parties involved in a construction project?
- How does the Bill of Quantities introduce opacity into the relationship between the client and the contractor?
- What are the benefits of having coordinated project information to the various parties involved in design and tendering?
- How are risks of design and construction allocated by the procurement strategies available to clients
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