Dedication	6
	Contents	8
	Preface	14
	Part I Introduction	16
	1 Introduction and overview	18
	2 Reports and recommendations	29
	Part II Management of the pre-contract stage	42
	3 Selecting the consultants and contractors	44
	4 Pre-contract cost management	61
	5 Cost management on PFI projects	74
	6 Contractor’s estimating and tendering	90
	Part III Key tools and techniques	104
	7 Value management	106
	8 Risk management (RM)	120
	9 Whole-life costing	137
	Part IV Procurement strategies	148
	10 Organizational methods (part A)	150
	11 Organizational methods (part B)	172
	12 Payment systems and contract administration	193
	Part V Management of the post-contract stage	210
	13 Contractors’ cost-control and monitoring procedures	212
	14 Change management – valuing variations	226
	15 Claims management	242
	Part VI Contracts and case study	260
	16 The NEC Engineering and Construction Contract	262
	17 FIDIC standard forms of international construction contract	273
	18 Case study: Heathrow Terminal 5	296
	Table of cases	308
	Index	310