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Design and the economics of building / Ralph Morton and David Jaggar.

By: Morton, Ralph [author.].
Contributor(s): Jaggar, David [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : E & FN Spon, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Description: xviii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 041919200X (paperback); 9780419192008 (paperback); 9780419192008.Subject(s): Building -- Estimates | Architecture -- Designs and plans | Architectural structure & design | Building construction & materials | Architecture: professional practice | Surveying, quantity surveyingDDC classification: 690.0681 | 690.0681 MOR
Contents:
Part I: Basic issues in the design and economics of building -- The economic significance of building design -- Value for money - whose responsibility -- The structure of building costs - a first approach -- Part II: The economic context: materials, labour and physical capital -- Materials: markets and prices -- Human resources for building -- Technology: from steampower to robots -- Construction - a unique industry? -- Part III: Economic aspects of design decisions -- Costs and choices - the short-term and the long-term -- Concept, shape, plan: morphology and cost -- Structure and envelope -- Energy and services -- Part IV: Relating design choices to building and its management -- Programme, cash flow and buildability -- Cost prediction - science or guesswork? -- The procurement of buildings -- Part V: Cost limits and values -- Commercial values and the property market -- Values, cost limits and prices: the case of housing -- The value of architecture.
Summary: A textbook on design economics for students of architecture, building and quantity surveying, it examines the links between design and the costs of building as well as more general economic issues and their significance for designers and builders.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 690.0681 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00017770
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 690.0681 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000009815
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A textbook on design economics for students of architecture, building and quantity surveying, it examines the links between design and the costs of building as well as more general economic issues and their significance for designers and builders.

Bibliography: (pages 405-412) and index.

Part I: Basic issues in the design and economics of building -- The economic significance of building design -- Value for money - whose responsibility -- The structure of building costs - a first approach -- Part II: The economic context: materials, labour and physical capital -- Materials: markets and prices -- Human resources for building -- Technology: from steampower to robots -- Construction - a unique industry? -- Part III: Economic aspects of design decisions -- Costs and choices - the short-term and the long-term -- Concept, shape, plan: morphology and cost -- Structure and envelope -- Energy and services -- Part IV: Relating design choices to building and its management -- Programme, cash flow and buildability -- Cost prediction - science or guesswork? -- The procurement of buildings -- Part V: Cost limits and values -- Commercial values and the property market -- Values, cost limits and prices: the case of housing -- The value of architecture.

A textbook on design economics for students of architecture, building and quantity surveying, it examines the links between design and the costs of building as well as more general economic issues and their significance for designers and builders.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Basic issues in the design and economics of building The economic significance of building design
  • Value for money - whose responsibility? The structure of building costs - a first approach
  • Part 2 The economic context: materials, labour and physical capital: Materials: markets and prices
  • Human resouces for building
  • Technology: from steampower to robots
  • Construction - a unique industry?
  • Part 3 Economic aspects of design decisions: Costs and choices:the short term and the long term
  • Concept, shape, plan: morphology and cost
  • Structure and envelope. Energy and services
  • Part 4 Relating design choices to building and its management: Programme, cash flow and buildability
  • Cost prediction - science or guesswork? The procurement of buildings
  • Part 5 Cost limits and values
  • Commercial values and the property market
  • Values, cost limits and prices: the case of housing
  • The value of architecture
  • Appendix 1 Introduction to the tender price and building cost indices
  • Appendix 2 SfB classification: basic tables
  • Appendix 3 Example of a cost plan
  • References and Bibliography