1st Edition

Finance and Control for Construction

By Chris March Copyright 2009
256 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on a wealth of practical experience, both in the construction industry and teaching students, Chris March presents this study of construction management and the major aspects of controlling the building process. Covering the stages from the client's initiation, to the final handover of the building, March includes evidence from those currently working in the industry, and covers the... Read more

1. The Main Participators  2. Sources of Finance  3. Valuations and Development Appraisal  4. Introduction to Design Economics  5. Approximate Estimating  6. Whole Life Costing (WLC) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)  7. Value Management or Engineering  8. Procurement Methods and Types of Contract  9. Standard Method of Measurement and Bills of Quantities  10. Estimating and Tendering Procedures  11. Bidding Strategy  12. Purchasing  13. Post Control Cost Control  14. Interim Valuations, Claims and Variations  15. Post Contract Cost Systems

Biography

Chris March is a graduate from the University of Manchester. He worked for John Laing Construction and later for John Laing Concrete where he became Factory Manager. On entering higher education he worked in both the UK and Hong Kong before joining the University of Salford becoming Senior Lecturer and then the Dean of the Faculty of the Environment. He is a former winner of the Council for Higher Education Construction Industry Partnership Award for Innovation.