Ferry and Brandon's Cost Planning of Buildings (ePub)

Ferry and Brandon's Cost Planning of Buildings
provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice and
procedures of cost planning in the procurement of buildings.

The eighth edition of this leading textbook has been thoroughly
updated to reflect the significant changes that have occurred in
the UK construction industry since the new millennium. Whilst
retaining its core structure of the three-phase cost planning
process originally developed by Ferry and Brandon, the text
provides a thorough grounding in contemporary issues including
procurement innovation, whole life-cycle costing and modelling
techniques.

Designed to support the core cost planning studies covered by
students reading for degrees in quantity surveying and construction
management, it provides a platform for understanding the
fundamental importance of effective cost planning practice.

The principals of elemental cost planning are covered from both
pre- and post- contract perspectives; the role of effective
briefing and client/stakeholder engagement as best practice is also
reinforced in this text.

In his revisions, Richard Kirkham reflects the many changes in
the construction industry in the past eight years: procurement is
given prominence early in the book; the changing role of the
quantity surveyor and building economist is discussed, as is the
crucial role they assume throughout the project life cycle. He
emphasises the importance of early and collaborative working in the
design team, as well as the impact of whole life-cycle costing.