Construction Cost Management Learning from case studies

As a construction project manager, achieving this while maintaining quality is the most valuable package you can offer your clients. Of course, its value derives largely from it's difficulty - if it were easy to complete jobs entirely to plan then it would happen rather more often. Using a comb...

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Main Authors: Potts, Keith F. (Author), Ankrah, Nii (Author)
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Published: London Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group 2013
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505 1 # |a Part 1. Introduction -- Introduction and Overview -- Reports and Recommendations -- Part 2. Management of the Pre-contract Stage -- Selecting the Cosultants and Contractors -- Pre-contract Cost Management -- Cost Management on PFI Projects -- Contractor's Estimating and Tendering -- Part 3. Key Tools and Techniques -- Value Management -- Risk Management -- Whole-life Costing -- Part 4. Procurement Strategies -- Organizational Methods -- Organizational Methods -- Payment Systems and Contract Administration -- Part 5. Management of the Post-contract Stage -- Contractors' Cost Control and Monitoring Procedures -- Change Management : Valuing Variations -- Claims Management -- Part 6. Contracts and Case Studies -- The Engineering and Construction Contract -- FIDIC Standard Forms of International Construction Contract -- Case Study: Heathrow Terminal. 
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