Spon's architects & builders price book 2005, (with CD-ROM)

Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2005 is the most detailed, professionally relevant source of construction price information currently available anywhere. With its unique Tender Index it is the only price book that publishes details of its cost base in a way allowing adjustments for market conditions that affect building prices. A separate minor works section covers contracts of around £65,000 in value. The 2005 edition is planned to include the following new items: acrylic water-based emulsion paints, additional insulation boards and quilts, green items, and head and wall restraints, etc.

Introduction and acknowledgments ,Foreword, 1. The rationale for project evaluation, 2. Evaluating long term projects, 3. Evaluating risk projects, 4. Data for whole-life costing, 5. Lifecycle options ,6. The option to develop, 7. The option to expand, 8. The option to switch use, 9. The option to reconfigure, 10. The option to refurbish, 11. Options on new technology, 12. Very long term projects, 13. Long-term budgeting under uncertainty, 14. Self-assessment matrix for whole-life evaluation, Where to find out more, Index

The indispensable guide for professionals, this edition includes new additional building materials and remains the only pricing guide that allows for the flux of market conditions.