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Book Description

Being a client on a construction project can be incredibly complex and demanding but ultimately rewarding once your ambitions are fulfilled. This comprehensive ‘one stop shop’ will help you to achieve that magic combination of quality and efficiency, guiding you through the entire project lifecycle, from briefing to taking delivery and beyond. It will help you to better understand the project process, the client’s role within it and, critically, how to be successful and effective by advising you on;

  • the key milestones in the project process and your legal responsibilities at each stage
  • achieving cost-effectiveness, efficiency and meeting project timelines
  • key client issues such as funding and investment
  • straightforward best practice advice and how to avoid common problems
  • insightful tips from clients reflecting on their experiences
  • handy tools including a project route map, project decision checklist and diary of a development
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    Table of Contents

    1. Cover
    2. Title
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Dedication
    6. Acknowledgements
    7. About the editor and contributors
    8. Foreword
    9. Foreword
    10. 1 Introduction
      1. Perspective
    11. 2 Project feasibility, business case and funding
      1. Perspective
    12. 3 Defining the project
      1. Perspective
    13. 4 ‘How could my project be procured?’
      1. Perspective
    14. 5 What services do clients need from their design team?
      1. Perspective
    15. 6 The RIBA Plan of Work 2013
      1. Perspective
    16. 7 The design process
      1. Perspective
    17. 8 Introducing BIM
      1. Perspective
    18. 9 Managing and constructing the project
      1. Perspective
    19. 10 Accepting, commissioning and using the project
      1. Perspective
    20. 11 The client and the law
      1. Perspective
    21. 12 How to keep out of trouble
      1. Perspective
    22. 13 The government client
      1. Perspective
    23. 14 The client and the planning process
      1. Perspective
    24. Select Bibliography
    25. Index
    26. Image credits
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