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Author:   Sean D. C. Ostrowski
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9781118332658

ISBN 10:   1118332652
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   23 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Allan Ashworth ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii List of Tables and Diagrams xv Glossary of Terms xix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Standard methods of measurement 4 1.3 Pricing 6 2 A Practical Introduction to Measurement 7 2.1 A practical introduction to measurement 7 2.2 Measurement procedure 11 3 Code of Measuring Practice 15 3.1 Introduction 15 3.2 The purpose of the Code 16 3.3 Measurement 18 3.4 Good practice 23 3.5 Practical application: GIFA London Road 33 3.6 Self-assessment exercise: GIFA London Road 35 4 How to Use the New Rules of Measurement 1 37 4.1 Introduction 37 4.2 Framework 39 4.3 Estimates 44 4.4 Cost plans 46 4.5 Information 50 4.6 Practical application: Included and excluded 51 4.7 Self-assessment exercise: Conversion to NRM 53 5 NRM 1 Estimates 55 5.1 Practice and procedure 55 5.2 Method of measurement 60 5.3 Practical application: Estimate London Road Basement 63 5.4 Self-assessment exercise: Estimate London Road RC Frame 69 6 NRM 1 Cost Plans 71 6.1 Practice and procedure 71 6.2 Elements 73 6.3 Method of measurement for cost plans 76 6.4 Cost plans 82 6.5 Practical application: Cost Plan London Road Basement 84 6.6 Self-assessment exercise: Cost Plan London Road RC Frame 93 7 Information 95 7.1 Introduction 95 7.2 Information requirements for estimates 96 7.3 Information required for the cost plans 98 7.4 Progressive provision of information 108 8 Preliminaries, Risk, Overheads and Profit 115 8.1 Introduction 115 8.2 Preliminaries 115 8.3 Risk 123 8.4 Overheads and profit 128 8.5 Practical example: Site based preliminaries 128 8.6 Self-assessment exercise: Weekly running costs 130 9 Unit Rates 131 9.1 Introduction 131 9.2 Labour rates 132 9.3 Labour constants 135 9.4 Materials 136 9.5 Plant 137 9.6 Practical application: For concrete, brickwork, partitioning, roofing, windows 139 9.7 Self-assessment exercise: Reinforcement 151 10 Cost Analyses 153 10.1 Introduction 153 10.2 Types of indices 154 10.3 Requirements of indices 156 10.4 Problems with indices 157 10.5 Using indices to adjust estimates 159 10.6 Practical application: Cost adjustment for customer service centre 165 10.7 Self-assessment exercise: Cost adjustment for educational building 176 Appendices 1. London Road drawing: No. SDCO/1/01 Site Layout, Size A 1 185 2. London Road drawing: No. SDCO/1/02 Plan, Elevation and Section. Size A1 187 References 189 Index 191

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Sean D.C. Ostrowski (BSc PhD PGCHE FRICS FCIOB FCIArb) is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor who has practised in the full range of quantity surveying services for over 30 years, specialising in the field of dispute resolution for both the professional and contracting sectors, and continues to lecture on quantity surveying subjects.

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