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Date
Data Bank pay rich dividends for industry
RICS service provides key insights into building and occupancy costs
June 2007
Valuation techniques and building costs
There are a number of circumstances in which surveyors and valuers are required to base their valuations and assessments on current construction costs.
29 February 2002
Paying the price of accessibility
Recent legislation means that new and existing buildings may need an access audit.
29 January 2002
Life expectancy of building components
While all designers and builders set out to produce perfect buildings, experience shows that they do not always succeed.
11 December 2001
Learning from 50 years of cost planning
Fifty years ago, the UK government demanded a speedy increase in school building but major cost reductions all without harming the day to day efficiency of the operation.
19 September 2001
The gentle art of forecasting
BCIS has produced a two year forecast of tender prices for some time, but the request from subscribers to come up with a five
20 August 2001
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Elemental, my dear Egan
The changes taking place in construction procurement following the government's endorsement of Sir John Egan's report Rethinking construction are redefining relationships within the construction industry.
3 July 2001
Information is key to facilities management planning
Reliable and relevant information about a building is a necessary tool if management is to take an active role in understanding and controlling expenditure.
19 March 2001
Information for life cycle costing
Government initiatives and growing demand from the private sector for greater predictability in the running costs of buildings have increased the need to analyse life cycle costs from the earliest stage of a project.
19 February 2001
Cost information for rating valuations
BCIS provides cost information for use with the contractor's basis of valuation for rating purposes.
What is Best Value in construction procurement
BCIS technical consultant Lindsay Pullen looks at the Best Value initiatives and highlights the importance of benchmarking in identifying value for money and improved performance.
22 January 2001
Value engineering: benchmarks for success
Value engineering is defined in the RICS Surveyors' construction handbook as a systematic approach to delivering the required functions to the required quality at the least cost.
18 December 2000
BCIS provides pre-contract cost management advice
The complicated process of cost planning can be made easier by using different types of information as the design develops.
7 November 2000
How to provide the best early cost advice to clients
Many surveyors will have taken a call at 5.00pm on a Friday from a client who has just seen a site that would be perfect for a housing or office development and wants to know, that evening, what it will cost to build.
20 September 2000
