Financial Management in Construction Contracting

"This textbook provides a general introduction to costing and budgeting for construction but in particular it covers CVRs. There is a wide range of approaches to preparing these reports and, without being over-prescriptive, the authors provide a useful framework for students by giving an outlin...

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Main Author: Ross, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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500 |a Description based upon print version of record. 
505 0 |a Intro -- Access to Companion Site -- Title page -- Copyright page -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1 Finance in the construction industry -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The purpose of this book -- 1.3 Construction contracting -- 1.4 Work in progress -- 1.5 Reporting -- 1.6 Structure of the book -- 1.7 The construction industry -- 1.8 Industry output -- 1.9 Industry clients -- 1.10 Structure of the industry -- 2 Stakeholders and the regulatory environment -- 2.1 Accounting -- 2.2 The Companies Acts -- 2.3 Accounting standards -- 2.4 UK accounting standards 
505 8 |a 2.5 International accounting standards -- 2.6 Financial reporting -- 2.7 Financial reports -- 2.8 Annual accounts -- 3 Risk and uncertainty -- 3.1 Definitions -- 3.2 Risk and reward -- 3.3 Corporate governance -- 3.4 Market risk -- 3.5 Working capital -- 3.6 Competition -- 3.7 Profitability -- 3.8 Work in progress -- 3.9 Insolvency risk -- 3.10 Instability -- 3.11 Credit control -- 4 Contracts and documentation -- 4.1 Types of contract -- 4.2 Financial implications of contracts -- 4.3 Project documentation -- 5 Payments in construction -- 5.1 Industry credit system -- 5.2 Payment problems 
505 8 |a 5.3 The scheme for construction contracts -- 5.4 Payment under the Construction Act -- 5.5 Payment notification under the Construction Act -- 5.6 Conditional payments -- 5.7 Late payments -- 5.8 Suspension of performance -- 5.9 Adjudication -- 5.10 Value Added Tax -- 6 Managing the supply chain -- 6.1 Supply chain management -- 6.2 Subcontractors -- 6.3 Subcontract tenders -- 6.4 Subcontract stage -- 6.5 Payment -- 7 Getting work -- 7.1 Business development -- 7.2 Decision to tender -- 7.3 Competitive tendering -- 7.4 Tender lists -- 7.5 E-bidding and reverse auctions 
505 8 |a 8 Corporate governance and management -- 8.1 Definitions -- 8.2 The UK Corporate Governance Code -- 8.3 Turnover -- 8.4 Profit -- 8.5 Long-term contracts -- 8.6 Management accounts -- 8.7 Accounting for contracts -- 9 Company structure -- 9.1 Management functions -- 9.2 Organisation structures -- 10 Service departments -- 10.1 Estimating and tendering -- 10.2 Tender submission -- 10.3 Planning -- 10.4 Buying -- 10.5 Accounting, costs and information -- 10.6 Company management accounting systems -- 10.7 Contract cost reports -- 10.8 Project audits and site processes -- 11 Financial management 
505 8 |a 11.1 Budgetary control -- 11.2 Definitions -- 11.3 Cash flow -- 11.4 Working capital -- 12 Project governance -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Procurement methods -- 12.3 Conditions of contract -- 12.4 Method of measurement -- 12.5 Bills of quantities -- 13 Budgets -- 13.1 Developing and monitoring budgets -- 13.2 Types of budget -- 13.3 Project level budgets -- 13.4 Activity level budgets -- 13.5 De-scoping bills of quantities -- 13.6 Budget development -- 13.7 Variance analysis -- 13.8 Control procedures -- 13.9 Earned value analysis -- 14 Resource procurement -- 14.1 Introduction 
500 |a 14.2 The resource budget 
520 |a "This textbook provides a general introduction to costing and budgeting for construction but in particular it covers CVRs. There is a wide range of approaches to preparing these reports and, without being over-prescriptive, the authors provide a useful framework for students by giving an outline of the key requirements, together with an evaluation of the alternatives"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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