Building Design Cost Management

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Chapter Seven

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 processes used by the construction economist at the sketch plan stage
• Identify the type of cost information stored in outline and detailed elemental format
• Define the design features that may be taken into account at this stage
• Demonstrate adjustments to be made
• Discuss sthe concept of price and design risk

Chapter 7 Reader reflections

Review the specification details of the two projects shown in this chapter What are the similarities and differences? How might this influence the costs of these projects? What do you understand by Price Risk and how would the construction economist allow for it? What is understood by design risk and how would the associated costs be allowed within the budget at this stage? How does the approach to the consideration of the Preliminaries element vary from the other elements in the cost plan?

If you feel you would like to add a reflection at this stage, please email the authors A.D.Ross

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