authors are recognized authorities in the field
only book which relates value management to UK practice
value management recently targetted by the RICS as one of its key services for development
will be valuable to practitioners, researchers and students in all different construction disciplines. - Chartered Quantity Surveyor
Kelly and Male have a book that will be useful to anyone in the UK or North America who wants to buy or provide a comprehensive project economics service. - Construction Management and Economics
Introduction. Part 1: Development and principles of North Amercian value engineering. Introduction to value management. North American value engineering prinicples. Part 2: The practice of North American value engineering. North American value engineering practice. North American project case stidies. North American client implementation case studies. A case study of a North American value engineering consultancy practice: Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, Washington, 1986. Part 3: An analysis, critique and evaluation of North American value engineering. A critique of North American value engineering. Project economics and the client value system. Part 4: A proposal for a UK implementation of value management. Functional analysis. Life cycle costing. Group dynamics and team skills. A proposed UK methodology. key issues for practice. References. Index.