B2.1 Managing and controlling costs |
Outlines the reasons for early estimates falling far short of final outturn costs. It contextualizes risks in infrastructure projects and introduces the concepts of accuracy in cost estimates as a function of project maturity, optimism bias adjustments, the secondary impacts of change and control budgets (17,25 minutes – 4 embedded documents - June 2020) |
B2.2 Gathering and maintaining data to track expenditure and time |
Indicates the contents of a control budget and an implementation plan two tools which are used to monitor project expenditure. It also outlines the data that needs to be obtained to track expenditure and time enabling effective financial administration. (17,5 minutes – 4 embedded documents - June 2020) |
B2.3 Estimating costs for buildings |
Outlines the different methods for estimating the costs for buildings, namely order of magnitude, elemental cost estimates and cost norms. Describes how cost norms are applied to educational and office buildings (14,5 minutes – 6 embedded documents - June 2020) |
B2.4 Developing a budget for educational and office buildings |
Outlines an approach to developing a budget for educational and office buildings based on cost norms (10,75 minutes – 6 embedded documents - June 2020) |
B2.5 Delivering educational and office buildings within a budget |
Outlines an approach to developing a budget and controlling costs during the planning, design and implementation of projects involving educational and office buildings (15.75 minutes – 6 embedded documents -June 2020 |
B2.6 Briefing professional teams for educational and office building projects |
Describes the approach to briefing and remunerating the professional team contracted to plan, design and manage the implementation of a building project (8,5 minutes – 6 embedded documents - June 2020) |