Pre-contract Studies Development Economics, Tendering and Estimating
“Pre-contract Studies: Development Economics, Tendering and Estimating” by Allan Ashworth is a detailed resource published by Wiley on June 23, 2008. This third edition spans 378 pages and is presented in English. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the property development process, focusing on financial analysis related to development values and construction costs.
Readers will find an in-depth exploration of capital investment, funding sources, and the economics of development. The text examines the entire project lifecycle from inception to completion, detailing methods of development appraisal and budget calculations with practical examples. Additionally, this edition includes updated information on property valuations, major property companies in Britain, conservation, and value management, supported by numerous new charts and graphs. The book serves as a valuable resource for undergraduate programs in building, surveying, and related fields.
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Pre-contract Studies: Development Economics, Tendering and Estimating provides a comprehensive introduction to the property development process, with an emphasis on the financial analysis of projects in the context of development values and construction costs.
The book covers capital investment, funding sources, the economics of development, evaluation of financial data, whole life costing and tendering, estimating and cash flow considerations. The process of getting a project from inception to completion is examined in detail, while the different methods of development appraisal, and the way developers’ budgets are calculated, are explored with worked examples.
The third edition has been extensively revised to reinforce aspects of valuations and more information has been added on the major property companies and who owns the land in Britain, as well as on conservation, PFI and value management. A large number of charts and graphs are new.
The book is used on a wide range of undergraduate programmes in building, surveying and associated disciplines.
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