1.   To some degree, managers do have a responsibility to control costs or rather to optimise the use of available resources.

2.   Effective management of the design process is of major importance in controlling project costs.

3.   One method of controlling these costs is to link the production of drawings and obtaining planning permissions to payment.

4.   It is not possible to control cost in isolation because of the interdependence of quality, cost and time.

5.   Factors which affect the ability of a client or contractor to control costs during construction are described here.

6.   The ability of clients and the motivation of contractors to control costs during construction varies according to the type of contract used and the apportionment of risk and responsibility.

7.   This can be smoothed, either manually or by computer, to control costs, particularly if the resource is scarce or expensive.

8.   The objective of controlling projects costs must not be viewed in isolation from the other objectives of controlling time and quality.

9.   America West maintains it can navigate the labor-cost issue because it has always been able to control such costs.

10.   Analysts expect the company to continue its pace of growth amid high demand in the Asia Pacific area, while controlling costs.