This document discusses value management in construction. It provides definitions of value management and outlines its aims to examine alternative materials and designs to achieve the same function at lower cost through innovation. It then lists the members of a value management team and discusses key terminologies used in value management like value methodology, planning, control, analysis and engineering. The document also outlines some risks of value management in construction like time constraints, cost information issues, and team member selection. Finally, it discusses the typical costs involved in value management like facilitator and participant costs, venue costs, administrative costs and information gathering costs.
Contracts provide a legally-enforceable framework for guiding any and every type of business relationship, from employment agreements to orders for parts and supplies. While these agreements are key to guiding business relationships and ventures across all sectors, getting contracts right is especially important within construction, where the ability to complete a build on time, on budget and to code hinges upon all vendor arrangements going as expected. From the builder’s perspective, contracts are also important for preventing scope creep and to reducing the risk of cost overruns they may unexpectedly have to absorb.
Construction management contracts encompass the work and/or materials required for a building project. Typically, they will address:
1)Project/deliverable specifications
2)Labor and material requirements
3)Timelines for completion/delivery
4)Compensation formula and amounts
While construction management agreements will typically include the above, they can be structured differently, with numerous types of contracts that are designed to best meet the needs of all parties under all sorts of different scenarios. Familiarizing yourself with the types of contracts that are typically in play within building projects is an important first step to optimizing all contract-related processes within construction management.
Guide to Construction Procurement StrategiesSarah Fox
A guide to the three most common procurement strategies used on UK construction projects:
1. Traditional or general contracting
2. Design and build
3. Management based (covering management contracting, construction management and prime contracting).
Many construction professionals stick with what they know when choosing or recommending procurement, risk and contract strategies. However, making an informed choice can reduce the risk of conflict later. The comparison of the different strategies is partly based on Which Contract? By Cox, Clamp and Lupton.
This guide was developed by Sarah Fox, author of the 500-Word Contract. Using her 20 years' experience with construction projects, she gives you the confidence to use the right contracts for project success. The right contracts depend on the right procurement and risk strategies.
To find out more about her contract workshops, visit www.500words.co.uk or email sarah@500words.co.uk
Contracts provide a legally-enforceable framework for guiding any and every type of business relationship, from employment agreements to orders for parts and supplies. While these agreements are key to guiding business relationships and ventures across all sectors, getting contracts right is especially important within construction, where the ability to complete a build on time, on budget and to code hinges upon all vendor arrangements going as expected. From the builder’s perspective, contracts are also important for preventing scope creep and to reducing the risk of cost overruns they may unexpectedly have to absorb.
Construction management contracts encompass the work and/or materials required for a building project. Typically, they will address:
1)Project/deliverable specifications
2)Labor and material requirements
3)Timelines for completion/delivery
4)Compensation formula and amounts
While construction management agreements will typically include the above, they can be structured differently, with numerous types of contracts that are designed to best meet the needs of all parties under all sorts of different scenarios. Familiarizing yourself with the types of contracts that are typically in play within building projects is an important first step to optimizing all contract-related processes within construction management.
Guide to Construction Procurement StrategiesSarah Fox
A guide to the three most common procurement strategies used on UK construction projects:
1. Traditional or general contracting
2. Design and build
3. Management based (covering management contracting, construction management and prime contracting).
Many construction professionals stick with what they know when choosing or recommending procurement, risk and contract strategies. However, making an informed choice can reduce the risk of conflict later. The comparison of the different strategies is partly based on Which Contract? By Cox, Clamp and Lupton.
This guide was developed by Sarah Fox, author of the 500-Word Contract. Using her 20 years' experience with construction projects, she gives you the confidence to use the right contracts for project success. The right contracts depend on the right procurement and risk strategies.
To find out more about her contract workshops, visit www.500words.co.uk or email sarah@500words.co.uk
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Types of Contract in Construction Management
Lump Sum Contract
Cost plus Fixed fee
Cost plus bid fee contract
Guaranteed Maximum
Negotiated
Unit price Contract
Design build
turn key contract
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Construction Management is one of the basic things that is required to manage all the construction project from beginning till end. Check out some top benefits of construction management.
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Types of Contract in Construction ManagementShahin MB
Types of Contract in Construction Management
Lump Sum Contract
Cost plus Fixed fee
Cost plus bid fee contract
Guaranteed Maximum
Negotiated
Unit price Contract
Design build
turn key contract
This presentation covers introduction to Estimating and costing and its importance. Also, types of estimation, different terms and provisions used in estimating, are explained in it. Format of measurement sheet and abstract sheet and the rate analysis has been covered in this presentation. It can be helpful to study basics of estimating and costing.
A Lump Sum Contract is a legal contract where the contractor promises to complete the whole project at a pre-agreed price. Here the focus is on the completion of the whole project and not on the smaller tasks.
To know more about it, click on the link given below:
https://efinancemanagement.com/costing-terms/lump-sum-contract
The present topic describes the defination, types, content of typical tender notice, step by step procedure, 3-bid and 2-bid system of tenders, earnest money deposit, security deposit, unbalanced tender.
What is construction management & its Benefits?maria_singh
Construction Management is one of the basic things that is required to manage all the construction project from beginning till end. Check out some top benefits of construction management.
Presentation focuses on the cost effectiveness of buildings through rationalizing architectural design, opting for green buildings, looking at life cycle cost, promoting professional management, optimising labour, materials, plants time etc to avoid time/cost over-run and to finish the project within defined scope, money and time
QUS5207 COST CONTROL 2 VM: CONCEPTS, TERMS, RISKS & COSTSLizz Sim Kit Mun
This is the presentation slideshow for presentation group about the concept of Value Management (S1)
Group members:
Fong Hui Ping i14005404
Natalie wong yee tong i14005530
Tan zhen ni i14005407
Dim kit mun I15008570
1. Definition and aim or VM in general and from the perspective of construction
2. Terminologies used in VM
3. Risks of VM in construction
4. Cost involved in VM
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2. DEFINITION AND AIM OF VM IN
GENERAL AND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF CONSTRUCTION
3. Value
Management
Examine + analyse alternative
materials
Purpose same & better
selection at least $
Innovation, novelty +
advancement
Process of:
• Control + monitor +
manage team.
• Redesign spaces &
components.
• Optimisation of
production to meet
goals.
Minimum resources.
Managing resources, $
saving
4. VM in Construction
1. Necessary to engage
stakeholders, knowledge.
2. Design team
recommendations
3. Non-professional
perspective.
4. Functional analysis differs
e.g.: Structural column.
• Whole life cost
• Return on investment
• Stages of project
Functions:
Quality
Reliability
Performance
Satisfaction
6. Value Methodology
to the process, principles and techniques adopted in the
conduct and practice of value management and it includes
practiced at value planning, engineering, and analysis phases.
Value Planning
associated with achieving project value during the planning
stages of a project.
a sub-set of value control and they are both derived from the
principle of cost planning and cost control.
7. Value Control
related to VM is concerned with managing value throughout all stages of a
project where cost control is practized.
VC direct link to cost control which is not the same as value management,
justifying the reason why the term is not common among value management
experts, analysts, or researchers.
Value Analysis
related to completion phase, indicating that the practice is related to the value of
completed project. This is inclusive of the use and re-use stages of a project.
Management is a general term inclusive of improvement and assurance,
that ‘value improvement’ and ‘value assurance’ are synonymous with value
management.
Value Engineering
Is a creative, organized approach whose objective is to optimize cost and/or
performance of a facility or system. VE is concerned with achieving a given
at minimum cost with the assumption that function is an
objective characteristic which is awaiting to be identified
9. 1. Sufficient Time for the
Study
concern over the period of time it
takes to complete an exercise
Insufficient time to value the whole
project
the lack of full and necessary
information of all the costs – to value
Issues of cost - difficult to predict
inflation and other economic
2. Completeness of
Cost Information
10. 3. Related Functions of
Components or Elements
Items or elements with related
function - difficult to measure the
quantity
difficult to assign/divide the right
functions to specific elements
Due to;
1. elements of building that serve
more than one function
2. two or more elements performing
the same function
Each project is not the same and
has its own unique characteristic.
The uniqueness of a project affects
the function of some elements and
components of the project.
VM team not able to identify the
functions of various element
4. Uniqueness of
Construction Projects
11. 5. Quality of End
Product
the availability of historical data
and the required information on
the product;
the analysis of the difference in
exposure to weather and other
conditions between the present or
past and the current situation
to examining the conditions of the
use of the products.
members of the team are varied
and unlikely – not from same
area
the selection of the wrong
people - contribute nothing or
negatively to the practice
6. Selection of Team
Members
12. 7. Representation of
Original Design Team
unwilling to agree and accept
changes/ideas to the project that
arise from the exercise
the establishment of criteria for
the selection of members of the
original team
The number of team member is
large and the cost of paying for
their service
Lack of leadership skill, team
control, and other management
skills, competence
Lack of knowledge, understanding,
and no experience
Not able to direct, guide, and
control other team members
8. Choice of Facilitator
13. 9. Support for the
Practice
the level of support from
clients, statutory or
regulatory bodies as well
as from top
management staff of an
organization.
the initial acceptance of
the practice of value
management by
stakeholders
10. New Concept for
Stakeholders
14. 11. Timing of the Exercise
the choice of the right stage of a project at which to implement it
initial phase before the production of final drawings- may not
be sufficient information for the team to work with
after the production of detail drawings - the project will have to
be delayed for at least a week for the exercise to be conducted
and alterations of the existing design which may be at extra cost
to the design team
before the commencement of a project - the feedback from the
exercise will surely slow down the pace of work, may lead to
rework, and an eventual waste of resources
16. 4.0 Cost of Value Management in Construction
1. Cost of Facilitator
2. Cost of Other Participants
3. Cost of Venue
4. Administrative Cost
5. Information Gathering Cost
6. Indirect and Other Costs
17. 4.1 Cost of Facilitator
A facilitator is an experienced value manager tasked with many
responsibilities.
The facilitator will be paid accordingly since he or she is a
professional who devotes his or her time to the success of the
exercise.
18. 4.1 Cost of Facilitator (cont’d)
The cost may include:
- Professional fee.
- Transport costs.
- and the like.
The payment may depend on several factors including:
- Experience of the facilitator.
- Type and nature of the project.
- The mode of engagement.
- The size and cost of the project.
19. 4.1 Cost of Facilitator (cont’d)
The payment may be made according to:
- an approved scale of fees basis,
- based on man-hour rate,
- or any other method (which must be
agreed upon and approved prior to the
commencement of the exercise).
20. 4.2 Cost of Other Participants
The participants are other members of the value management
apart from the facilitator.
May or may not be experienced in value management.
Payment should be settled before the exercise and it can be
through any of the remuneration means discussed for the
facilitator.
21. 4.3 Cost of Venue
A conducive environment with basic facilities and amenities is
fundamental to conducting productive meetings.
The venue is expected to be good enough for members of the
team to be able to perform their function without any form of
hindrance.
The cost of the venue does not only include the cost of securing
or renting the venue but also that of siting the venue in the
right environment.
22. 4.3 Cost of Venue (Cont’d)
Example;
If a 40-h procedure is to be adopted, it is better for it to be
organised as a retreat in a secluded place, preferably a hotel or
guest house with conference and accommodation facilities.
An alternative is an E-workshop where discussions are held via
the Internet, thus eliminating the cost of a venue.
24. 4.5 Information Gathering Cost
A key principle of value management is the comparative analysis
of alternatives.
This implies that the more alternatives there are and the more
detailed information is available about them, the better the
ability of the value management team to brainstorm and
identify the best alternative, using the principle of function and
cost.
25. 4.6 Indirect and Other Costs
They are necessary in achieving the overall goal of the practice.
The indirect cost may include:
- the cost of buying equipment to actualise recommendations
emanating from the value management exercise,
- the costs required in altering or changing the original or
existing design to accommodate proposals from the
exercise,
- and the general cost of following up on the
understanding and the implementation of the
recommendations.