Value and risk management : a guide to best practice / Michael Dallas.

ISBN:

9781405120692

Title:

Author:

Dallas, Michael.

Personal Author:

Dallas, Michael.

Publication Information:

Oxford : Blackwell, 2006.

Physical Description:

xix, 380 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

1. Key features and benefits -- 2. Principles of value management -- 3. Principles of risk management -- 4. An integrated approach to value and risk management -- 5. People -- 6. Concepts, standards and qualifications -- 7. Learning from others -- 8. Study types -- 9. Techniques for value and risk -- 10. Value management techniques -- 11. Risk management techniques -- 12. Toolbox - checklists, forms and tables.

Subject Term:

Construction industry -- Risk management.

Value analysis (Cost control)

Project management.

Format:

Books

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005010287.html

Publication Date:

2006

Publication Information:

Oxford : Blackwell, 2006.

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Summary

Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underlying concepts of value and risk, and how they relate to one another. It describes the different issues to be addressed in a variety of circumstances and at all stages of a project's life and reviews a number of commonly used and effective techniques, showing how these may be adapted to suit individuals' styles and circumstances.

* Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building with cross-industry institutional support
* Combines value and risk management which are often considered, wrongly, in isolation
* Makes a complicated subject accessible to a wide audience of construction practitioners
* Features checklists and proformas to aid implementation of best practice
* Author has extensive practical experience of the subject

Author Notes

Michael Dallas, MA, MICE, FIVM is an engineer with Davis Langdon, London.

Fundamentals

Opportunities throughout life of project

Human Dynamics

Culture

Setting up a corporate programme

Techniques

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