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Building Economics

Appraisal and control of building design cost and efficiency

  • Textbook
  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Ivor H. Seeley

    1. The Nottingham Trent University, UK

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Part of the book series: Building and Surveying Series (BASS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Concept of Cost Control

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 1-30

  3. Cost Implications of Design Variables and Quality Assurance

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 31-55

  4. Functional Requirements and Cost Implications of Constructional Methods

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 56-89

  5. Influence of Site and Market Conditions and Economics of Prefabrication, Industrialised and System Building

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 90-112

  6. Economics of Residential Development

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 113-153

  7. Approximate Estimating

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 154-173

  8. Cost Planning Theories and Techniques

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 174-201

  9. Cost Modelling

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 202-210

  10. Cost Analyses, Indices and Data

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 211-247

  11. Practical Application of Cost Control Techniques

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 248-276

  12. Value Management

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 277-295

  13. Valuation Processes

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 296-307

  14. Life Cycle Costing

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 308-379

  15. Land Use and Value Determinants

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 380-402

  16. Economics of Building Development

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 403-433

  17. Environmental Economics and the Construction Industry

    • Ivor H. Seeley
    Pages 434-475

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 476-502
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About this book

This comprehensively rewritten, updated and extended new edition of this established text focuses on what has become the most important single facet of the quantity surveyor's role - cost management. The scope of the book has been broadened to take account of the widening and more sophisticated cost management and control service that clients now require. The book examines the factors influencing building costs and how the precontract costs can be estimated, analysed and controlled, to ensure that buildings can be completed within the agreed budget and timescale, and be of acceptable quality, function effectively and provide value for money. A new chapter on value management has been added, together with an introductory chapter on cost modelling; the chapter on life cycling costing is extended, while the sections on energy conservation and occupancy costs are expanded. Throughout the text many new case studies, with supporting tables and diagrams, are included in order to enhance the value of this book to the student and the practitioner.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Nottingham Trent University, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Building Economics

  • Book Subtitle: Appraisal and control of building design cost and efficiency

  • Authors: Ivor H. Seeley

  • Series Title: Building and Surveying Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13757-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: I. H. Seeley 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-63835-4Due: 13 December 1995

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 520

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Construction Management

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