Book description
The drive towards environmentally friendly buildings and infrastructure has led to a growing interest in providing design solutions underpinned by the core principles of sustainability to balance economic, social and environmental factors.
Design Economics for the Built Environment: Impact of sustainability on project evaluation presents new directions, reflecting the need to recognise the impact of climate change and the importance of sustainability in project evaluation. The aim is to provide a new approach to understanding design economics in the context of the changing policy environment, legislative and regulatory framework, and increasing economic, environmental and social pressure as result of the sustainability agenda.
The book follows a structured approach from theories and principles in the earlier chapters, to the practical applications and emerging techniques focusing on value and social, economic and environmental considerations in making design decisions. It starts with the policy context, building on various theories and principles such as, capital cost, value of design and resource-based theories, the new rules of measurement (NRM) to explore cost planning, the relationship between height and costs, key socio-economic and environmental variables for design appraisal, eco-cost/value ratio (EVR), whole life theory and the treatment of carbon emission as external costs, productivity and efficiency, fiscal drivers and legal framework for carbon reduction, procurement and allocation of risks in contracts.
Case studies, practical examples and frameworks throughout reinforce theories and principles and relate them to current practice. The book is essential reading for postgraduate students in architecture, building and quantity surveying and is also a valuable resource for academics, consultants and policy-makers in the built environment.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Editors and Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
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Part I: Theories, Principles and Approaches
- Chapter 1: Economic Context, Policy Environment and the Changing Role of Design Economists
- Chapter 2: Theories and Principles of Design Economics
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Chapter 3: New Approaches and Rulesof Measurement for Cost Estimating and Planning
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The standardisation of cost estimating
- 3.3 The RICS NRM 1
- 3.4 RIBA plan of work, RICS estimating, cost planning and NRM 1
- 3.5 Cost estimating and cost planning
- 3.6 Elemental Standard Form of Cost Analysis (SFCA)
- 3.7 Benchmarking (cost limits)
- 3.8 Building information modelling
- 3.9 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 4: The Relationship between Building Height and Construction Costs
- Chapter 5: Appraisal of Design to Determine Viability of Development Schemes
- Chapter 6: Eco-cost Associatedwith Tall Buildings
- Chapter 7: Productivity in Construction Projects
- Chapter 8: Design Variables andWhole-Life Cost Modelling
- Chapter 9: Procurement and Contract Strategy
- Chapter 10: Sustainable Design, Investment and Value
- Chapter 11: Carbon Reduction and Fiscal Incentives for Sustainable Design
- Chapter 12: Environmental Assessment Tools
- Chapter 13: Space Planning and Organisational Performance
- Chapter 14: Achieving Zero Carbon in Sustainable Communities
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Chapter 15: Flood Risk Mitigation
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Increasing challenges of flooding due to global warming and urban development
- 15.3 Flood mitigation
- 15.4 Flood mitigation consideration for new buildings at design stage
- 15.5 Implications of mitigation measures in terms of building cost
- 15.6 Implications of mitigation measures in terms of property value and insurance cost
- 15.7 Conclusions
- References
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Part II: Industry Perspective, Case Studies and Implications for Curriculum Development
- Chapter 16: Reusing Knowledge and Leveraging Technology to Reduce Design and Construction Costs
- Chapter 17: Sustainable Design Economics and Property Valuation: An Industry Perspective
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Chapter 18: Cost Planning of Construction Projects: An Industry Perspective
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Concept and format of a cost plan
- 18.3 How a cost plan is put together
- 18.4 How the cost plan evolves through the riba design stages
- 18.5 Main factors that affect the overall cost of a building
- 18.6 Impact of sustainability on cost plans
- 18.7 Recent developments in BIM and the implications for cost planning
- 18.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 19: Life Cycle Costing and Sustainability Assessments
- Chapter 20: Designing Super-Tall Buildings for Increased Resilience
- Chapter 21: Building Information Modelling
- Chapter 22: Case Study: Value Engineering and Management Focusing on Groundworks and Piling Packages
- Chapter 23: Case Study: Value Engineering of a New Office Development with Retail Provision
- Chapter 24: Case Studies: Sustainable Design, Innovation and Competitiveness in Construction Firms
- Chapter 25: Case Study: Retrofitting Building Services Designand Sustainability in
- Chapter 26: Case Studies: Maximising Design and Construction Opportunities through Fiscal Incentives
- Chapter 27: Mapping Sustainability in the Quantity Surveying Curriculum
- Appendix A: UK Property Investment Yields (December 2013)
- Appendix B: IPD/RICS Sustainability Inspection Checklist 2014
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Design Economics for the Built Environment: Impact of Sustainability on Project Evaluation
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2015
- Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN: 9780470659090
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