r%;|gIky Civil Engineering
;> 7~@
K Project Management
5mAb9F8@ Fourth Edition
I;@q`Tm Alan C. Twort BSC, FICE, FCIWEM
_`SD G5 and
Kz;Ar&^`N J. Gordon Rees BSC(Eng), FICE, FCIArb
}C @xl9S " 807+|Ol[ Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
;SXkPs3q Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP
b,Eq-Z; 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803
QP(d77 n First published 1966
q&:7R
.Ci Second edition 1972. Reprinted in 1975, 1978, 1980, 1984
R_j.k3r4d Third edition 1995
~;oXLCL0}) Fourth edition 2004
Nd( I RsH( Copyright © 2004, A.C. Twort and J. Gordon Rees. All rights reserved
ILCh1=?{9r The right of A.C. Twort and J. Gordon Rees to be identified as the authors of
<Ch9"1f3, this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and
x6K_!L*Fx] Patents Act 1988
e^ *&& All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form
h_ t`)]- (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not
vs8[352 transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission
:'r*
5EX of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and
tzN9d~JZ Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd,
iJOoO"Ai 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s
w&IYCYK_ written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher
Dh^l :q+c Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights
Jm , :6T Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (44) 1865 843830, fax: (44) 1865 853333,
O$z"`' &j# e-mail:
permissions@elsevier.co.uk. You may also complete your request on-line via
pOK=o$1V8 the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting ‘Customer Support’
5! ngM and then ‘Obtaining Permissions’
0VvY(j:hp British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
C1A X A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
G!`%.tH Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
JRBz/ j A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
~V(>L=\V; ISBN 0 7506 5731 6
r7VBz_Q For
F$>#P7ph\a @mw1__? Contents
h<3bv&oI . Preface xiii
pKXSJ"Xo Acknowledgements xiv
YQ+8lANC 1 The development of construction procedures 1
0qR#o/~I 1.1 The nature of civil engineering work 1
XS x!11 1.2 The most widely used contracts for construction 2
;|T|*0vY[ 1.3 Other long-standing procedures 3
fV9+FOZn Lump sum construction contracts 3
euY+jc% Cost reimbursement contracts 3
%^W(sB$b Design and build contracts 4
Nj4r [5K 1.4 Growing use of design, build and operate contracts 4
$
^)g, 1.5 Developments in the later 1980s 5
W' Y<iA 1.6 New approaches to construction contracts in the 1990s 6
h_X'O3r 1.7 Introduction of ‘Private Finance Initiative’ 7
E>@]"O)=M, 1.8 Public–Private Partnerships 8
1grcCL
q 1.9 Partnering 8
E5gt_,j> 1.10 Project Management 9
q: F6MW 1.11 Operational or service contracts and ‘Facilities Management’ 10
fC "? r6d 1.12 Framework Agreements 11
bPV}T` 1.13 Influence of computers and information technology 11
7.{+8#~nV 1.14 A criticism of certain systems 13
6 X2w )cO 1.15 Ancillary contractual practices 14
5[6{o$I 2 Procedures for design and construction 17
j0cB#M44 2.1 Promoter’s obligations 17
D(_j;?i 2.2 Importance of feasibility studies 18
c8l\1 ce?7 2.3 Options for design 19
&4t= Y`]SL (a) Design by promoter or a consultant 19
}!kvoV)]1 (b) Outline designs provided with detailed design by others 19
4fL>Ou[YuX (c) Layout design by promoter; detailed design by contractor 20
w$qdV,s 7 (d) Functional specification by promoter: design by contractor 20
6C_H0a/h& 2.4 Options for construction 20
|Ntretz`\ (a) Direct labour construction 20
[2!?pVI (b) Construction divided into trades 21
,=u!hg (c) Main civil contractor supplies all ancillary services 21
