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Building cost planning for the design team. 3rd edition

Routledge, 2016

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Construction Management Supplement

Abstract

Covers the environment in which cost planning and design activities take place. Considers issues influencing project decisions: characteristics of the industry, the development process, design economics and design stage estimating. Details the development of a project through the design stages from establishing the need for the project to tender documentation. Describes the cost planning process in theory and practice, discussing the issues involved from a design team and client perspective.

Author

Smith, J., Jaggar, D. and Love, P.

History

Supersedes 2nd edition, published by Butterworth-Heinemann. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group.

ISBN

9781138907379

Subjects

Legal issues and management
Cost planning and control

Publisher History

An imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge publishes books in the humanities, social sciences, built environment, education, health, and other professional subjects.

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