Construction budget: the financial manager as part of the planning team.

The financial manager can best fulfill his role and have the most beneficial effect on a facility planning project as an active member of the planning team from the onset of the project. In addition to representing a realistic financial planning perspective to the project's development, the financial manager can, very early in the process, begin to determine and refine various costs associated with facility planning and construction. The role is a vital and active one from the first planning meeting through development, financing, construction and activation.