Effect Of Pre Construction Planning On Project Costs And Sustainability

Download or read book Effect of Pre-construction Planning on Project Costs and Sustainability written by Christiane Kreitler and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companies that spent more on pre-construction planning are the ones that had more cost savings. Therefore, the study showed that profitable companies use pre-construction methods frequently and in combination. The data showed that more than 97% of the respondents believed that pre-construction planning is an essential tool to achieve LEED Certification. In addition, the use of high performance materials is frequent even though the project does not have the intention to be LEED Certified. Moreover, companies which had more LEED Certified projects in their portfolio use pre-construction methods more frequently. Therefore, the data confirms that pre-construction planning methods promote sustainability. Understanding how pre-construction planning affects the project cost and sustainability can encourage construction firms to use pre-construction planning more often and help the industry achieve better results.