Best Value in Construction

Achieving value in construction is now emerging as the main challenge facing the construction team if they are to offer the best service for the client. No longer is the aim simply to keep costs under control. This book from the RICS Foundation analyses how to provide best value by the effective application of leading edge techniques and processes throughout the entire life cycle of buildings, from the business case which underpins their initiation to the achievement of a satisfactory project out-turn. This book is a successor to Quantity Surveying Techniques: New Directions, edited by Peter Brandon and published on behalf of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors by Blackwell. It will be of interest not only to surveyors and construction managers but also to final year undergraduates of construction degrees. '[This book] will make a major contribution to the advancement of the methods by which construction professionals provide a service to their clients' - Professor Peter Brandon

Achieving value in construction is now emerging as the mainchallenge facing the construction team if they are to offer thebest service for the client. No longer is the aim simply to keepcosts under control.This book from the RICS Foundation analyses how to provide bestvalue by the effective application of leading edge techniques andprocesses throughout the entire life cycle of buildings, from thebusiness case which underpins their initiation to the achievementof a satisfactory project out-turn.This book is a successor to Quantity Surveying Techniques: NewDirections, edited by Peter Brandon and published on behalf of theRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors by Blackwell. It will beof interest not only to surveyors and construction managers butalso to final year undergraduates of construction degrees.'[This book] will make a major contribution to theadvancement of the methods by which construction professionalsprovide a service to their clients' - Professor PeterBrandon

Best value in construction; Building the business value case; Construction project briefing/Architectural programming; Benchmarking; Value management; Risk management; Building project price forecasting; Life cycle/whole-life costing; Environmental management; Procurement strategies; Supply chain management; The management of a project; Facilities management; Post-occupancy evaluation(POE); Sustainable building maintenance