SRQ762:Cost Planning Assignment 1 Brief- Deakin University

Purpose Assignment 1

The purpose of this assignment is to enable students to analyse the influence of design decision-making on a given project.

Assignment Task

Context 

You are the cost planner of a proposed office building project to be constructed in Brisbane CBD. The building is to be handed over in a finished condition. The project is still at the briefing stage and some major decisions have to be made in the coming weeks. 

There are THREE Schemes being considered. You have been given the responsibility to make sure that the design team is aware of the total costs of the three alternatives being considered for this new project.

The client is cost-conscious but is prepared to invest more capital costs into the building if it shows a longer-term saving or better value.

Notes on Design 

• The three schemes have the same gross floor area.
• All dimensions are external measurements and are in millimetres.
• Drawings are not to scale.

Questions 

1. Describe the objectives and types of cost planning techniques that may be used at the briefing stage of the development of the office building project, and discuss their advantages and disadvantages.

2.Prepare indicative costs for the three schemes taking into account the preliminary information provided above. Provide this as part of a report to the client and your report should include a cover letter, introduction and concluding recommendations, with reasons and rationale for the most cost- effective scheme.

3.Discuss and analyse the critical factors that could influence the cost advice you are going to provide to the client of the above project.