Best Value in Construction

John Kelly, Roy Morledge, Sara J. Wilkinson, John Kelly, Roy Morledge, Sara J. Wilkinson

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780632056118
• eBook ISBN: 9781405151849
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Biographies
• 1 Best value in construction
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Building the value case
• 1.3 Briefing
• 1.4 Benchmarking
• 1.5 Value management
• 1.6 Risk management
• 1.7 Building project price forecasting
• 1.8 Life-cycle/whole-life costing
• 1.9 Environmental management
• 1.10 Procurement strategies
• 1.11 Supply chain management: a construction industry perspective
• 1.12 The management of a project
• 1.13 Facilities management: assessing the strategic value
• 1.14 Post-occupancy evaluation
• 1.15 Sustainable building maintenance: challenges for property managers
• References
• 2 Building the business value case
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Client requirements and the client value system
• 2.3 Client value system
• 2.4 The client value system and portfolios of projects and single projects
• 2.5 The project value chain
• 2.6 Portfolios of project: the value thread and the impact of lean construction thinking
• 2.7 Single projects - the impact of paradigms and perspectives on the value thread and multi-value system
• 2.8 Procurement and the project value chain
• 2.9 Creating value opportunities: value management (VM) and value engineering (VE)
• 2.10 Conclusions
• References
• 3 Construction project briefing/architectural programming
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Definition of briefing
• 3.3 Current briefing practice
• 3.4 Hazards associated with poor decision-making
• 3.5 Characteristic hazards in briefing
• 3.6 Improvements to the briefing process
• 3.7 The parties involved in the briefing process
• 3.8 The project goals
• 3.9 The client's value system - a parti
• 3.10 Briefing issues
• 3.11 To investigate or facilitate?
• 3.12 A structured approach to strategic briefing
• 3.13 The client's value system
• 3.14 The definition of project mission or goals
• 3.15 The decision to build
• 3.16 An example of strategic project briefing
• 3.17 A structure approach to project briefing: description and example
• 3.18 Flowcharting and space identification
• 3.19 Adjacency
• 3.20 Performance specification of space
• 3.21 Characteristic of the final document
• References
• 4 Benchmarking
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Benchmarking - helping yourself to be better
• 4.3 The origins
• 4.4 Benchmarking: a definition
• 4.5 Prerequisites of benchmarking
• 4.6 Benchmarking processes
• 4.7 Appropriate benchmarking techniques
• 4.8 Benchmarking methodology
• 4.9 The uses of benchmarking: performance measurement
• 4.10 Responses to the benchmarking process
• 4.11 Benefits of benchmarking
• 4.12 Implications of benchmarking
• 4.13 Benchmarking case study
• 4.14 Other current research initiatives
• 4.15 Conclusions
• References
• 5 Value management
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 The development of value management
• 5.3 An outline of value management
• 5.4 The lever of quality
• 5.5 The international benchmarking of value management
• 5.6 The VM process in detail
• 5.7 Workshop types
• 5.8 Example
• 5.9 Conclusion
• References
• 6 Risk management
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Risk management over the project life cycle
• 6.3 Design and construction
• 6.4 Operation and maintenance
• 6.5 The case study
• 6.6 Risk management guidance
• 6.7 Conclusion
• 7 Building project price forecasting
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 The process of building project price forecasting
• 7.3 Identification of potential models in use
• 7.4 Emergent issues
• 7.5 Case study - Live Options software
• 7.6 The way forward
• References
• 8 Life-cycle/whole-life costing
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Key concepts
• 8.3 Techniques available for LCC/WLC
• 8.4 Barriers to successful implementation of LCC/WLC techniques
• 8.5 LCC/WLC for PFI projects
• 8.6 Research and the future
• 8.7 Value for money
• References
• 9 Environmental management
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Issues
• 9.3 Resources, waste and recycling
• 9.4 Pollution and hazardous materials and substances
• 9.5 Internal environment of buildings
• 9.6 Planning, land use and conservation, including heritage
• 9.7 Case study
• 9.8 Conclusion
• 9.9 Acknowledgements
• References
• 10 Procurement strategies
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Procurement strategy
• 10.3 Client risk in construction projects
• 10.4 Selecting a procurement strategy
• 10.5 Procurement strategy selection checklists
• 10.6 Procurement options
• 10.7 Constructing improvement in procurement strategy
• 10.8 Case studies
• 10.9 Conclusion
• References
• 11 Supply chain management
• 11.1 An introduction
• 11.2 Some general definitions
• 11.3 Background and overview
• 11.4 Supply chain management and construction
• 11.5 Construction - supply chain management and partnering
• 11.6 Established procurement systems and supply chain management
• 11.7 A case study - supply chain management and the construction process
• 11.8 Conclusion
• References
• 12 The management of a project
• 12.1 Introduction
• 12.2 The project plan and the implementation policy
• 12.3 Setting up the project and mobilising resources
• 12.4 Managing the project - an overview
• 12.5 Specific aspects of managing the project
• 12.6 Quality control overview
• 12.7 Change control overview
• 12.8 Commissioning
• 12.9 Occupation and take-over
• 12.10 Conclusion
• References
• 13 Facilities management
• 13.1 Introduction
• 13.2 Contemporary approaches to assessing FM performance
• 13.3 Issues in contemporary FM performance assessment
• 13.4 Assessing the integrative nature of FM performance
• 13.5 Defining FM and the nature of its contribution
• 13.6 Issues for benchmarking FM performance
• 13.7 The complexity of measuring the usefulness of FM
• 13.8 Moving from measuring FM outputs to evaluating business outcomes
• 13.9 The challenge of attuning FM evaluation to changing business circumstances
• 13.10 Conclusion
• References
• 14 Post-occupancy evaluation (POE)
• 14.1 Introduction
• 14.2 The building procurement process and POE
• 14.3 Developments in POE techniques and research
• 14.4 POE and building performance
• 14.5 Developments in POE methodology
• 14.6 POE process models
• 14.7 Applications of POE
• 14.8 Conclusions
• References
• 15 Sustainable building maintenance
• 15.1 Introduction
• 15.2 The theoretical basis for maintenance and refurbishment
• 15.3 Maintenance and refurbishment strategy
• 15.4 The role of maintenance and refurbishment within an organisation
• 15.5 Performance measures for buildings in use
• 15.6 Approaches to maintenance and refurbishment works
• 15.7 Procuring maintenance and refurbishment works
• 15.8 Maintenance and refurbishment costs
• 15.9 Monitoring and performance evaluation
• 15.10 Maintenance planning
• 15.11 The challenges facing maintenance and refurbishment professionals
• 15.12 A sustainable built environment
• 15.13 Sustainability and foresight
• 15.14 Housing and construction need
• 15.15 Whole-life thinking
• 15.16 New technologies and improved processes
• 15.17 Conclusion
• References
• Further reading
• Web addresses
• Index