Showing papers by "Nottingham Trent University published in 1983"
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: The role of the quantity surveyor is defined as ensuring that the resources of the construction industry are used efficiently to serve the best interests of society by the Special (Future of the Profession) Committee of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Cost control aims at ensuring that resources are used to the best advantage. In these days of ever-increasing costs the majority of promoters of building work are insisting on projects being designed and executed to give maximum value for money. Hence, quantity surveyors are employed to an increasing extent during the design stage to advise architects on the probable cost implications of their design decisions. As buildings become more complex and building clients more exacting in their requirements, so it becomes necessary to improve and refine the cost control tools. Rising prices, restrictions on the use of capital and high interest rates have caused building clients to demand that their professional advisers should accept cost as an element in design, and that they should ensure suitably balanced costs throughout all parts of the building, as well as an accurately forecast overall cost. The report of the Special (Future of the Profession) Committee of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors1 describes how many building clients now adopt cost limits for projects and are instrumental in spreading an awareness of efficiency and value for money in building; and this presages greater use of the quantity surveyor in establishing cost targets, in the appraisal of alternative solutions, and in cost control as a continuous process. This theme was reiterated in the SITE Report,2 which defines the role of the quantity surveyor as ensuring that the resources of the construction industry are used efficiently to serve the best interests of society.
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01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: This chapter is concerned with the functional requirements and cost implications of alternative constructional techniques for different types of building and of building elements.
Abstract: THIS CHAPTER IS concerned with the functional requirements and cost implications of alternative constructional techniques for different types of building and of building elements. A comparison of maintenance problems and costs associated with different materials and components is made in chapter 11.
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of site and market conditions on building costs and the way in which they account for variations in the price of similar type buildings erected in different locations are explored.
Abstract: This chapter explores the effect of site and market conditions on building costs and the way in which they account for variations in the price of similar type buildings erected in different locations. The origins and forms of prefabrication and industrialised building are examined and the economics of these processes critically investigated.
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: In this paper, the problems associated with housing provision; alternative forms of layout that can be employed to meet varying housing requirements and their comparative costs; the methods and economics of different forms of car-parking provision; and the considerations involved in a comparison of the relative merits of redeveloping or rehabilitating twilight areas.
Abstract: This chapter is concerned with the problems associated with housing provision; the alternative forms of layout that can be employed to meet varying housing requirements and their comparative costs; the methods and economics of different forms of car-parking provision; and the considerations involved in a comparison of the relative merits of redeveloping or rehabilitating twilight areas.
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: In this paper, the compilation of cost analyses and other data for assessing costs and preparing cost plans of future building projects is discussed, as well as the methods of compiling and applying cost indices as a means of updating past costs of buildings.
Abstract: THIS CHAPTER IS concerned with the compilation of cost analyses and other data for assessing costs and preparing cost plans of future building projects. It also examines the methods of compiling and applying cost indices as a means of updating past costs of buildings. The cost limits and yardsticks employed in the public sector are also investigated.