Cost Studies of Buildings

by Allan Ashworth, Srinath Perera

Overview

This book examines the different methods of forecasting, planning and control of costs associated with the provision of new capital building works, taking into account changes in legislation and recent research.

It introduces construction economics and the importance of cost and examines the contol of costs whilst a project is under construction. It also discusses methods used to assess economics during the design process, effects of taxation and cost modelling. It is illustrated throughout with graphs and charts and the text is supported by worked examples. This edition includes a new chapter on post-contract cost control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138129771
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/01/2015
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	580
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Allan Ashworth is a Visiting Professor in Quantity Surveying at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was recently a visiting professor at the University of Salford, UK, where he had been involved with the work of Centre for Education in the Built Environment.

Srinath Perera is the Chair and Professor of Construction Economics at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK. He has over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry and academia, both nationally and internationally. He is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) North East regional board. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

Table of Contents

The construction industry
development appraisal
cost data
pre-tender price estimating
design economics
cost analysis
the economics of quality
cost indices and trends
cost planning
life-cycle costing
taxation, grants and subsidies
cost modelling
post contract cost control
cost research.