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
John Kelly
Baubetrieb Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen Civil Engineering & Construction Construction Management
"So, this book from the RICS Foundation seeks to look at theentire life-cycle of buildings, from initial inception, rightthrough to their use and development, and analyses how we canprovide best value to the client through the effective applicationof leading-edge techniques and processes"
Stephen Brown, Director or Research, RICS Foundation
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