Zusammenfassung der Ressource
COST PLANNING
- Cost Planning Methods
- Building Costs per square metre (m2 rates)
- Elemental Rates (GFA)
- Elemental Unit Rates (Unit Quantity)
- Detailed Rates (Build up)
- Ballpark figure
- Interpolation Method: "To estimate
an unknown value from
neighbouring known values"
- 1. Choose most suitable cost analysis, record, or price
- 2. Isolate major difference between analysed and proposed
building
- 3. Make allowance for differences
- Simple proportion method: Based on assumption that cost of an
element is directly proportional to general market price level and
quantity of element
- Useful when source cost data is from same building type
- 1. From base rate, adjust for quantity
- 2. Adjust for inflation
- 3. Adjust for quality
- Approximate quantities method, quantities are measures from specifications
- Preliminary and general 7.5% (P&G)
- Contractors margin (5%)
- Contingency 10%
- 3 Principles
- Frame of reference (brief)
- Method of Checking
- Means of remedial action
- Redesigning, changing
specifications, or seeking
alternative solutions
- Sources of inaccuracy
- Difference in floor area
- Quantity (bulk pricing)
- Things excluded from source price
- Time (inflation, markets etc)
- P&G / contingencies requirements eg
temporary access roads, storage...
- Purposes of cost planning
- Value for money (balance between quality,
fitness for purpose initial capital cost and life
cycle cost)
- Balance of expenditure (e.g. spending too much
on furnishing and cannot afford the roof)
- Cost Planning Process
- Pre design
- Site Analysis
- Preliminary Design
- DEVELOPED & DETAILED COST ESTIMATE
- Detailed design and documentation
- Procurement
- Contract administration
- Supplementary
- After client acceptance this becomes the cost estimate