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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966166203321

Autore

Nicholson M. P (M. Paul), <1935->

Titolo

Architects' guide to fee bidding / / M. Paul Nicholson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Spon Press, 2003

ISBN

1-134-48163-2

1-134-48164-0

1-280-22549-1

9786610225491

0-203-99497-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

720.681

Soggetti

Architects - Fees

Architectural contracts - Estimates

Letting of contracts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Commercial professionalism; Part II Worked examples; Part III The tender trap; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fee bidding still generates emotive reactions from within many sections of the architectural profession. Fee bidding is not taught in most schools of architecture, so practitioners generally rely on hunches and guesswork. It is these wild card guesses, which exacerbate the poor levels of income for which the architectural profession is renowned. This book introduces practising architects, architectural managers and senior students, to the philosophy and practice of analytical estimating for fees. By means of a detailed case study it illustrates the many problems which may be encountered in the