1st Edition

Cost Planning of PFI and PPP Building Projects

By Abdelhalim Boussabaine Copyright 2007
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This topical and timely book presents and innovative approach to dealing with the complexities of cost planning in PFI. PFI/PPP projects have a significantly different costing environment from conventionally procured projects, requiring cost analysts to use their expertise and innovative thinking to develop whole-life cost solutions that deliver value for money to the client, thus improving... Read more

1. The Rationale Behind the Private Financing of Public Projects  2. Whole Life Cycle Value Exchange  3. Whole Life Cycle Value Creation  4. Procuring Projects under the PFI/PPP System  5. The Financing of PFI Projects  6. Fundamentals of PFI/PPP Projects Cost Planning  7. The Process of Cost Planning in PFI/PPP Projects  8. Financial, Economic and Commercial Appraisal at the Pre-ITN Stage  9. Cost Planning at the Pre-Financial Close Stage  10. Cost Variation Control at the Pre-Financial Close and Construction Stages  11. Monitoring and Responding to Cost Variations at the Operation Stage  12. Risk and Uncertainty in Cost Planning of PFI Projects  13. Cost Risk Allocation in PFI/PPP Projects

Biography

Abdelhalim Boussabaine d'Ingénieur d'Etat, MSc, PhD is a Lecturer at the School of Architecture, at the University of Liverpool. He has written widely on cost modelling for researchers and professionals and is the lead author of Whole Life Cycle Costing: Risk and Risk Responses (Blackwell, 2004).