Preface

With the development of human society and economy and the improvement of material and cultural living standards, on the one hand, people have higher and higher requirements for the function and quality of engineering projects, on the other hand, they expect the construction investment of engineering projects to be as small as possible and the benefits as good as possible. With the acceleration of economic system reform and economic globalization, modern engineering project construction presents the development trend of diversification of investment subject, decentralization of investment decision-making, diversification of project contracting mode, internationalization of engineering construction contract market and complexity of project management. The fundamental purpose of all participants in the project is to maximize their own interests. Therefore, there is a growing demand for professionals with reasonable knowledge structure, higher professional quality and stronger practical skills who are competent for the whole process of project construction cost management.
   Engineering cost control is a new frontier subject which takes construction engineering (engineering project) as the research object, takes engineering technology, economy and management as means, takes benefit as goal, and combines technology, economy and management. The project cost control is to take the whole process of construction project cost management as the main line, to control the project cost at each stage of the early stage of construction, engineering design, project implementation and project completion. It is the main form and core content of the whole process management of project cost, and is also the key to improve the investment efficiency of the project. Whether for large-scale construction projects or for small and medium-sized maintenance and reconstruction projects, the project cost has always been considered as an important factor affecting the investment effect.

前 言

随着人类社会经济的发展和物质文化生活水平的提高，人们一方面对工程项目的功能和质量要求越来越高，另一方面又期望工程项目建设投资尽可能少、效益尽可能好。随着经济体制改革和经济全球化进程的加快，现代工程项目建设呈现出投资主体多元化、投资决策分权化、工程发包方式多样化、工程建设承包市场国际化以及项目管理复杂化的发展态势。而工程项目所有参建方的根本目的都是追求自身利益的最大化。因此，工程建设领域对具有合理的知识结构，较高的业务素质和较强的实作技能，胜任工程建设全过程造价管理的专业人才需求越来越大。
       工程造价控制是一门以建筑工程（工程项目）为研究对象，以工程技术、经济、管理为手段，以效益为目标，技术、经济、管理相结合的、新兴的边缘学科。工程造价控制是以建设项目全过程工程造价管理为主线，对建设前期、工程设计、工程实施、工程竣工各个阶段的工程造价实行层层控制，是工程造价全过程管理的主要表现形式和核心内容，也是提高项目投资效益的关键所在。不管是对于大型建设工程还是对于中小型的维修改造工程，工程造价一直被认为是影响投资效果的重要因素。