Framework for Enhancing Cost Management of Building Services
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2012
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Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract
Cost is generally accepted as an essential ingredient of good design. However, the co-ordination and
integration of building services constitute a major problem in the procurement and cost management of
buildings coupled with gaps in knowledge by practitioners in the technology of building services.The
study proposed a generic framework for integrating quantity surveyors services in the procurement and
effective cost management of building services in Malaysia construction industry. The framework
requires early involvement of design consultants including specialist designers and quantity surveyors.
The most significant obstacle to the adoption of the framework is the industry commitment and the
client's readiness to pay for additional services.
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Building Services, Co-ordination, Cost Management, Framework, Integration