Best Value in Construction,9780632056118

Best Value in Construction

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780632056118
ISBN10: 0632056118
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Pub. Date: 2002-07-19
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

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

Author Biography

John Kelly is AWG Professor of Construction Innovation, School of the Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Roy Morledge is Professor of Construction Procurement in the School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface x
Biographies xi
Best value in construction
1(11)
John Kelly
Roy Morledge
Sara Wilkinson
Introduction
1(3)
Building the value case
4(1)
Briefing
5(1)
Benchmarking
5(1)
Value management
5(1)
Risk management
6(1)
Building project price forecasting
6(1)
Life-cycle/whole-life costing
7(1)
Environmental management
7(1)
Procurement strategies
7(1)
Supply chain management: a construction industry perspective
8(1)
The management of a project
9(1)
Facilities management: assessing the strategic value
9(1)
Post-occupancy evaluation
10(1)
Sustainable building maintenance: challenges for property managers
11(1)
References
11(1)
Building the business value case
12(26)
Steven Male
Introduction
12(2)
Client requirements and the client value system
14(1)
Client value system
15(4)
The client value system and portfolios of projects and single projects
19(1)
The project value chain
20(3)
Portfolios of project: the value thread and the impact of lean construction thinking
23(2)
Single projects - the impact of paradigms and perspectives on the value thread and multi-value system
25(3)
Procurement and the project value chain
28(6)
Creating value opportunities: value management (VM) and value engineering (VE)
34(2)
Conclusions
36(2)
References
37(1)
Construction project briefing/architectural programming
38(21)
John Kelly
Donna Duerk
Introduction
38(1)
Definition of briefing
38(1)
Current briefing practice
39(1)
Hazards associated with poor decision-making
39(1)
Characteristic hazards in briefing
40(2)
Improvements to the briefing process
42(1)
The parties involved in the briefing process
42(1)
The project goals
43(2)
The client's value system - a parti
45(1)
Briefing issues
45(2)
To investigate or facilitate?
47(1)
A structured approach to strategic briefing
47(4)
The client's value system
51(1)
The definition of project mission or goals
51(1)
The decision to build
52(1)
An example of strategic project briefing
52(2)
A structure approach to project briefing: description and example
54(1)
Flowcharting and space identification
55(1)
Adjacency
56(1)
Performance specification of space
57(1)
Characteristic of the final document
58(1)
References
58(1)
Benchmarking
59(18)
David Eaton
Introduction
59(1)
Benchmarking - helping yourself to be better
59(2)
The origins
61(1)
Benchmarking: a definition
62(1)
Prerequisites of benchmarking
63(1)
Benchmarking processes
63(2)
Appropriate benchmarking techniques
65(1)
Benchmarking methodology
66(1)
The uses of benchmarking: performance measurement
67(4)
Responses to the benchmarking process
71(1)
Benefits of benchmarking
71(1)
Implications of benchmarking
72(1)
Benchmarking case study
72(3)
Other current research initiatives
75(1)
Conclusions
75(2)
References
76(1)
Value management
77(23)
John Kelly
Steven Male
Introduction
77(1)
The development of value management
77(2)
An outline of value management
79(2)
The lever of quality
81(1)
The international benchmarking of value management
81(2)
The VM process in detail
83(4)
Workshop types
87(7)
Example
94(4)
Conclusion
98(2)
References
99(1)
Risk management
100(16)
Nigel Smith
Introduction
100(1)
Risk management over the project life cycle
101(6)
Design and construction
107(2)
Operation and maintenance
109(1)
The case study
109(5)
Risk management guidance
114(1)
Conclusion
115(1)
Building project price forecasting
116(13)
Chris Fortune
David Weight
Introduction
116(1)
The process of building project price forecasting
117(3)
Identification of potential models in use
120(1)
Emergent issues
121(2)
Case study - Live Options software
123(4)
The way forward
127(2)
References
128(1)
Life-cycle/whole-life costing
129(23)
Christine Pasquire
Lisa Swaffield
Introduction
129(2)
Key concepts
131(1)
Techniques available for LCC/WLC
132(4)
Barriers to successful implementation of LCC/WLC techniques
136(3)
LCC/WLC for PFI projects
139(8)
Research and the future
147(2)
Value for money
149(3)
References
151(1)
Environmental management
152(20)
Jon Robinson
Introduction
152(2)
Issues
154(2)
Resources, waste and recycling
156(2)
Pollution and hazardous materials and substances
158(1)
Internal environment of buildings
159(3)
Planning, land use and conservation, including heritage
162(2)
Case study
164(5)
Conclusion
169(1)
Acknowledgements
170(2)
References
170(2)
Procurement strategies
172(29)
Roy Morledge
Introduction
172(1)
Procurement strategy
172(3)
Client risk in construction projects
175(2)
Selecting a procurement strategy
177(4)
Procurement strategy selection checklists
181(4)
Procurement options
185(9)
Constructing improvement in procurement strategy
194(4)
Case studies
198(2)
Conclusion
200(1)
References
200(1)
Supply chain management
201(21)
Norman Fisher
Roy Morledge
An introduction
201(1)
Some general definitions
202(1)
Background and overview
203(1)
Supply chain management and construction
204(5)
Construction - supply chain management and partnering
209(4)
Established procurement systems and supply chain management
213(2)
A case study - supply chain management and the construction process
215(3)
Conclusion
218(4)
References
219(3)
The management of a project
222(18)
Margaret Greenwood
Introduction
222(1)
The project plan and the implementation policy
223(1)
Setting up the project and mobilising resources
224(3)
Managing the project - an overview
227(1)
Specific aspects of managing the project
228(6)
Quality control overview
234(1)
Change control overview
235(2)
Commissioning
237(1)
Occupation and take-over
237(1)
Conclusion
238(2)
References
238(2)
Facilities management
240(21)
John Hinks
Introduction
240(1)
Contemporary approaches to assessing FM performance
241(1)
Issues in contemporary FM performance assessment
242(3)
Assessing the integrative nature of FM performance
245(3)
Defining FM and the nature of its contribution
248(2)
Issues for benchmarking FM performance
250(1)
The complexity of measuring the usefulness of FM
250(2)
Moving from measuring FM outputs to evaluating business outcomes
252(4)
The challenge of attuning FM evaluation to changing business circumstances
256(2)
Conclusion
258(3)
References
259(2)
Post-occupancy evaluation (POE)
261(19)
Danny Shiem-Shin Then
Introduction
261(1)
The building procurement process and POE
262(2)
Developments in POE techniques and research
264(1)
POE and building performance
265(4)
Developments in POE methodology
269(3)
POE process models
272(3)
Applications of POE
275(2)
Conclusions
277(3)
References
278(2)
Sustainable building maintenance
280(21)
Keith Jones
Introduction
280(1)
The theoretical basis for maintenance and refurbishment
280(3)
Maintenance and refurbishment strategy
283(2)
The role of maintenance and refurbishment within an organization
285(1)
Performance measures for buildings in use
286(2)
Approaches to maintenance and refurbishment works
288(1)
Procuring maintenance and refurbishment works
289(3)
Maintenance and refurbishment costs
292(1)
Monitoring and performance evaluation
293(1)
Maintenance planning
293(2)
The challenges facing maintenance and refurbishment professionals
295(1)
A sustainable built environment
296(1)
Sustainability and foresight
297(1)
Housing and construction need
297(1)
Whole-life thinking
298(1)
New technologies and improved processes
299(1)
Conclusion
299(2)
References
300(1)
Further reading 301(1)
Web addresses 302(1)
Index 303

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