What is project cost management, its basic content and its basic principles?

Project cost management: the whole process, all-round and all-round business activities and organizational activities of construction project cost and Jian 'an project price conform to the policy and objective laws, with the purpose of ensuring the economic benefits of construction projects and the economic rights and interests of all parties concerned, and applying the principles and methods of science and technology.

(A) the objectives and tasks of project cost management

L, the goal of project cost management

The goal of project cost management is to use scientific management methods and advanced management means to reasonably determine and effectively control costs according to the requirements of economic laws and the development situation of socialist market economy, so as to improve the investment benefit and management effect of construction and installation enterprises.

2, the task of project cost management

The task of project cost management is to strengthen the dynamic management of the whole process of project cost, strengthen the constraint mechanism of project cost, safeguard the economic interests of all parties concerned, standardize price behavior, and promote the unity of micro-benefit and macro-benefit.

(B) the basic content of project cost management

The basic content of project cost management is to reasonably determine and effectively control the project cost.

1, reasonable determination of project cost

The so-called reasonable determination of project cost is to reasonably determine the investment estimate, estimated cost, budgeted cost, contract price, settlement price and final settlement price at all stages of the construction procedure.

2. Effective control of project cost

The so-called effective control of project cost is to take certain methods and measures on the basis of optimizing construction scheme and design scheme, and control the occurrence of project cost within a reasonable range and approved cost limit at all stages of construction procedure. The effective control of project cost should embody the following three principles:

(1) The whole construction process cost control with emphasis on the design stage.

⑵ Implement active control to achieve satisfactory results.

⑶ The combination of technology and economy is the most effective means to control the project cost.

(C) the organization of project cost management

Project cost management organization refers to the effective organization activities to achieve the project cost management objectives, and the organic groups related to the cost management functions. It is the unity of dynamic project cost organization activity process and relatively static cost management department. Specifically, it mainly refers to the division of management authority and responsibility scope among countries, localities, departments and enterprises.

The project cost management organization has three systems:

1, government administration system

The cost management organization of the State Council construction administrative department exercises management functions nationwide, and its main responsibilities in project cost management are:

(1) Organize to formulate relevant laws and regulations on project cost management and organize their implementation.

(2) Organize the formulation and revision of national unified economic quota and departmental economic quota.

(3) to supervise and guide the implementation of the national unified economic quota and the economic quota of this department.

(4) Formulate the qualification standards for engineering cost consulting enterprises and supervise their implementation, and formulate the qualification standards for professional and technical personnel of engineering cost management.

5] Be responsible for the qualification management of national engineering cost consulting enterprises, and examine and approve the qualification of national Grade A engineering cost consulting enterprises.

The cost management institutions of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and other competent departments in the State Council shall exercise corresponding management functions within their jurisdiction; The cost management departments of cities and regions under the jurisdiction of the province shall exercise corresponding management functions within their respective jurisdictions.

2, enterprises and institutions management system

The management of project cost by enterprises and institutions belongs to the category of micro-management.

3, industry association management system

All provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and some large and medium-sized cities in China have successively set up engineering cost management associations to manage engineering cost consulting and cost engineers.

The business scope of China Construction Engineering Cost Management Association includes:

(1) Study the theoretical and practical issues such as the reform of engineering cost management system, industry development, industry policy, market access system and code of conduct.

⑵ Explore how to improve the investment benefit of the government and the owners, scientifically predict and control the project cost, promote the application of modern management technology in the project cost consulting industry, and make suggestions to the construction administrative department of the State Council.

(III) Entrusted by the construction administrative department of the State Council, undertake the specific work of engineering cost consulting industry, qualification of cost engineers and vocational education, study and put forward the relevant rules and regulations, qualification standards, contract templates, professional ethics and other industry standards of engineering cost consulting industry, and promote their implementation.

(4) Establish contacts and exchanges with international organizations and national counterparts on behalf of China's cost engineer organizations and engineering cost consulting industry, sign relevant agreements, and provide members with foreign business services such as international exchanges and cooperation.

5] Establish an information service system for project cost, edit and publish publications and reference materials related to project cost, organize the exchange and promotion of advanced experience in project cost consulting, and hold vocational training and international project cost consulting business seminars.

[6] In the project cost consulting activities at home and abroad, safeguard and promote the legitimate rights and interests of members, coordinate and solve relevant problems between members and industries, accept complaints about irregularities in the project cost consulting practice, cooperate with the construction administrative department of the State Council to deal with them, and reflect the suggestions and opinions of member units and project cost consultants to government departments and relevant parties.

Guide professional committees and local cost management associations at one time.

Organize and complete other businesses entrusted by relevant government departments and all sectors of society.