Building Design Cost Management Chapter 9

Building Design Cost Management

Chapter Nine

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 typical design information that is available at the briefing and feasibility stages
Present the case study that is to be used to demonstrate how the principles described in the earlier chapters are applied
Illustrate how a developer's equation can be used to arrive at a budget for construction
Demonstrate the use of average building cost data when arriving at a cost bracket
Highlight the areas of uncertainty in design and cost information that need to be taken into account at the early stages of a project

Reader Reflects Chapter 9
Draw up a draft agenda for your first meeting with the client to ascertain functional requirements for an industrial production and office building Draw up a list of factors that you feel would influence the value of an electronics components factory What information would you request from the client at this stage to enable you to give an outline figure? Give a rationale for why you would need this information at this stage What problems do you envisage in gaining the information that you require?

Chapter 9 Reader reflections
	Consider the range of average building costs for electronic factories shown in figure 9.3, how would you assess the reliability of this data? Review the conceptual drawings on the website. What areas of design and construction risk would you identify at this early stage? Consider what information you would require to start to analyse the risks at the design stage and what information would be available How would the client's use of the early cost advice affect the format and extent of advice given? What do you understand by the term qualification? Should your advice be qualified, and if so, how would you communicate it to a client and design team?
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