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Quantity surveyor's pocket book / Duncan Cartlidge.

By: Cartlidge, Duncan P [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009Description: xii, 419 pages ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750687461 (paperback); 0750687460.Subject(s): Quantity surveying -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Surveying, quantity surveying | House and HomeAdditional physical formats: Electronic version: Quantity surveyor's pocket book.DDC classification: 692.5 | 692.5 CAR Also available in electronic form.
Contents:
The quantity surveyor and the construction industry -- Forecasting costs and value -- Measurement and quantification -- Procurement -- Pricing and tendering -- Contract procedure, administration and organisation -- Final account.
Summary: "Now substantially revised and fully up-to-date with NRM1 and NRM2, the Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book remains the essential reference for newly qualified and student quantity surveyors. Outlines all of the practical skills, contractual and management techniques needed in the profession with a no-nonsense approach"-- Provided by publisher.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 692.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00160443
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 692.5 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000558506
Reference MTU Kerry North Campus Library Reference 692.5 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Not for loan 38888000558498
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes index.

The quantity surveyor and the construction industry -- Forecasting costs and value -- Measurement and quantification -- Procurement -- Pricing and tendering -- Contract procedure, administration and organisation -- Final account.

"Now substantially revised and fully up-to-date with NRM1 and NRM2, the Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book remains the essential reference for newly qualified and student quantity surveyors. Outlines all of the practical skills, contractual and management techniques needed in the profession with a no-nonsense approach"-- Provided by publisher.

Also available in electronic form.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (The quantity surveyor; function ? development of skills / outline of the construction process/industry/ construction market influences)
  • Forecasting costs and values (Feasibility studies / cost planning / calculating values)
  • Measurement and quantification (Preliminaries and preambles
  • Conventions & rules for the measurement of Building/Civil Engineering/M&E works
  • Calculation of volumes and areas
  • Approximate Quantities / Builders Quantities
  • Measuring for Energy Ratings and Insurance purposes
  • Specification writing ? performance and prescriptive)
  • Pricing and Approximate Estimating (Fundamentals of pricing / calculation of unit rates
  • Estimating costs ? basic principles/report writing)
  • On site (The need for a contract / contractual relationships
  • Types of contract / important contract clauses
  • Variations and change orders
  • Sub-contractors and suppliers (nominated and domestic)
  • Project management)
  • Final account (Pro-rata pricing; Format / purpose; Negotiation skills; Report writing; Financial statements; PC and provisional sums)
  • Appendix Standard Documentation (Recommended formats for; Reports, Cost plans, Final accounts, Financial statements)