Accounting and Finance for Building and Surveying

Preface.- PART 1: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS Types of Business Formation.- Sources of Business Finance.- Financial Views of a Business.- Financial Position and the Balance Sheet.- Profit Measurement and the Profit and Loss Account.- Sources and Uses of Cash and the Cash Flow.- Statement Accounting Aspects of Long-term Contracts.- Evaluation and Interpretation of Financial Statements.- PART 2: MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL PRACTICES Cost Classification Overhead Attribution.- Cost Ascertainment.- Cost/Volume/Profit Analysis.- Short-term Decision Making Techniques.- Long-term Decision Making Techniques.- Budgetary Control.- Cash Budgeting Standard Costing.- Appendix 1: Extracts from the Annual Report and Accounts of a Building/Property Development Company.- Appendix 2: Present Value Tables.- Appendix 3: CIOB Building Economics and Finance.- Questions and Solutions.