Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book

Duncan Cartlidge0750687460, 9780750687461, 0705068749, 9780705068741, 9780080943176

The Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book outlines all the practical skills, contractual and management techniques needed by a student studying quantity surveying in a handy-sized format for quick reference. Arming you with a complete toolbox to each project stage, this book brings together both the measurement and consultancy aspect of QS in a compact pocket book. Covering material key topics such as forecasting, measurement, estimation and contracts in the order it arises in a typical surveying project cycle ensures understanding of key processes and techniques, as well as when and how to use them. Recommended forms for reports, cost plans, final accounts and financial statements are also covered. A no-nonsense how-to approach makes this book an ideal companion to any course textbook. Perfect if you are on a quantity surveying degree, HNC/HND or 1-2 year post-graduate conversion course and require a simple guide to fundamental quantity surveying skills and procedures, also ideal if you are newly-qualified and need an on-site/on-the-job reference. This is a concise, affordable pocketbook bringing together practical, contractual and management techniques. It Covers skills and processes needed at each stage of a project and is ideal if you have just qualified as a quantity surveyor and need an on-site/on-the-job reference. *A concise, affordable pocketbook bringing together practical, contractual and management techniques *Covers skills and processes needed each stage in a project *Ideal if you have just qualified quantity surveyors and need an on-site/on-the-job reference.

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Table of contents :
Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Dedication……Page 6
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 14
The UK construction industry……Page 16
Market drivers……Page 17
The building team……Page 19
The construction supply chain……Page 20
The quantity surveyor……Page 21
Architect……Page 28
Structural engineer……Page 29
Civil engineer……Page 30
Building services engineer……Page 31
The clerk of works……Page 32
Site manager/agent……Page 33
Regulation and control of the construction process……Page 34
Planning permission……Page 35
Building Regulations……Page 36
Health and safety……Page 37
Sustainability and the quantity surveyor……Page 40
Legislative background……Page 41
What is sustainability?……Page 43
Themes for action during the procurement process……Page 45
Site waste management plans……Page 46
Element……Page 48
Cost control……Page 50
Cost analysis……Page 51
Cost significant elements……Page 52
Interpolation……Page 53
Superficial method……Page 54
Builder’s quantities……Page 56
Elemental cost planning……Page 57
Sources of cost information……Page 58
Cost planning example at the Concept and Design Development Stages (Stages C and D – RIBA Outline Plan of Work)……Page 59
Price levels……Page 60
Other information……Page 62
Elemental cost control……Page 64
Design and cost……Page 65
Forecasting value……Page 68
Discounting appraisal techniques……Page 69
Feasibility reports……Page 76
Residual method of valuation (developer’s budget)……Page 81
Example – feasibility report……Page 83
Sources of finance……Page 85
Equity……Page 87
Debt finance……Page 88
Bonds……Page 89
Answering the ‘what if?’ question……Page 90
Whole life costs……Page 93
Simple aggregation……Page 98
Value management/value engineering……Page 100
The RICS code of measuring practice, 6th edition (2007)……Page 104
Presentation of the bills of quantities……Page 114
Measurement conventions……Page 115
Centre lines and mean girths……Page 120
Example 1 – substructure……Page 123
Working space……Page 127
Brickwork……Page 133
Mortar……Page 134
Sundry items of masonry……Page 139
Example 3 – floors……Page 142
Upper floors – taking-off list……Page 144
Example 4 – roofs (pitched and fl at)……Page 147
Double pitch roofs……Page 152
Internal finishes……Page 166
Windows, doors and joinery……Page 172
Windows……Page 173
Plumbing installations and drainage……Page 179
Drainage……Page 196
Specifications……Page 197
Traditional (prescriptive) format……Page 199
Standard library of descriptions……Page 201
Measurement for Energy Performance Certificates (EPC)……Page 207
Guidelines to procurement……Page 212
A genealogy of procurement……Page 214
Risk and procurement……Page 218
Traditional procurement……Page 219
Preparation, stages A and B – Appraisal and Design Brief……Page 220
Design, stages C, D and E – Concept, Design Development and Technical Design……Page 221
Pre-Construction, stages F, G and H – Production Information, Tender Documentation and Tender Action……Page 222
Tender evaluation……Page 224
Risk allocation……Page 225
Two stage competitive tendering……Page 226
Stage 1……Page 227
Stage 2……Page 228
Critical success factors……Page 229
Traditional design and build (D&B)……Page 230
Management procurement……Page 231
Management contracting……Page 232
Design and manage……Page 234
Cost reimbursement contracts……Page 235
Partnering……Page 236
Key success factors……Page 237
Alliancing……Page 239
Prime contracting……Page 242
Frameworks……Page 243
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)……Page 245
The private finance initiative (PFI)……Page 246
e-Procurement……Page 253
European public procurement law……Page 254
The directives – theory and practice……Page 255
The quantity surveyor and EU public procurement……Page 256
The EU procurement procedure……Page 257
Award procedures……Page 258
Electronic tendering……Page 260
Technical specifications……Page 261
Sub-contractors……Page 264
Named or nominated?……Page 265
Domestic sub-contractors……Page 266
Named sub-contractors……Page 267
Nominated sub-contractors……Page 268
The nomination process……Page 269
Operational estimating……Page 270
Labour costs……Page 271
Materials……Page 277
Plant……Page 278
Overheads……Page 281
Preliminaries……Page 282
Section D – Groundwork……Page 284
Section E – Concrete work……Page 290
Section F – Masonry……Page 295
Roofing……Page 302
Materials delivered to site……Page 308
Woodwork……Page 309
Plumbing……Page 319
Drainage……Page 323
Managing the pricing process……Page 326
Tender adjudication……Page 327
e-tendering……Page 328
e-Auctions……Page 330
Reverse auctions……Page 333
Part 1 – Contract procedure……Page 334
Standard forms of contract……Page 335
JCT Standard Building Contract 2005 edition……Page 336
Minor Works Contract 2005 (MN 2005)/With Contractor’s Design……Page 338
Design and Build Contract together with Subcontract Agreement……Page 339
The JCT Major Contracts Construction Contract (MP) – 2003 edition……Page 340
The JCT Management Building Contract……Page 344
Construction Management Trade Contract……Page 345
Other forms of contract……Page 346
NEC form of contract……Page 348
GC/Works range of contracts……Page 353
ICE Conditions of Contract……Page 355
International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)……Page 356
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)……Page 357
The Scottish Building Contract Committee (SBCC)……Page 358
Insurances, bonds, guarantees, collateral warranties……Page 359
Dayworks……Page 368
Fluctuations……Page 370
Time and the contract……Page 374
Interim valuations……Page 379
Insolvency……Page 385
Loss and expense claims……Page 392
Dispute resolution……Page 393
Planning the site layout……Page 398
Planning and programming……Page 399
Critical path analysis and PERT charts……Page 400
Final account……Page 402
The variation account……Page 403
Pro rata pricing……Page 405
Example……Page 406
Final account standard format……Page 408
Useful links and contacts……Page 420
Further reading……Page 426
Useful measurement rules and conventions……Page 428
Index……Page 432