Provides a systematic appraisal of the planning procedures and management decisions undertaken during the pre-tender, pre-contract and contract planning stages of a construction project. The third edition has been updated to include changes in the approach to the assessment of contract preliminaries - consideration for time and fixed related costs in relation to site requirements, plant and employers' requirements. A new chapter has been added which dealts with the planning and feasibility requirements of speculative building projects. Consideration is given to the relationship between the planning of speculative develpoment, phasing of work and cash funding requirements.