Construction Quantity Surveying A Practical Guide for the Contractor's QS.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Towey, Donald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Construction Quantity Surveying: A Practical Guide for the Contractor's QS
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 The Construction Industry and the Quantity Surveyor
  • 1.1 The construction industry
  • 1.2 The client's team
  • 1.2.1 The professional quantity surveyor (PQS)
  • 1.2.2 Architect
  • 1.2.3 Structural engineer
  • 1.2.4 Civil engineer
  • 1.2.5 Service engineers
  • 1.2.6 Main contractor
  • 1.3 Legislation and control of the building process
  • 1.3.1 Planning approval
  • 1.3.2 Building Regulations and control
  • 1.3.3 Health and safety
  • 1.4 Industry networking
  • 1.4.1 RICS
  • 1.4.2 CIOB
  • 1.5 Funding and market drivers
  • 1.6 Economic and construction cycles
  • 1.7 Global construction
  • 1.8 Development of the quantity surveyor
  • 1.8.1 Background
  • 1.8.2 Personal traits and skills
  • 1.8.3 Time and self-management
  • 1.8.4 Education and training
  • 1.9 Construction innovation and the quantity surveyor
  • 1.9.1 Information technology (IT)
  • 1.9.2 Environmental issues
  • 1.10 Prospects and augmentation of the quantity surveyor
  • 1.10.1 Employed roles
  • 1.10.2 Independent roles
  • 1.10.3 Women in the industry
  • 1.10.4 Global and multicultural diversity
  • 1.10.5 Prospects
  • 2 Measurement and Quantities
  • 2.1 Measurement guides and coverage rules
  • 2.2 Arrangement of documents and project information
  • 2.3 Measurement terminology
  • 2.3.1 Take off and measuring techniques
  • 2.3.2 Centre line calculation
  • 2.3.3 Spot and composite items
  • 2.4 Control of the system and delegation of tasks
  • 2.4.1 Requests for Information (RFI)
  • 2.5 Measurement example
  • 2.6 Builder's bills of quantities
  • 2.6.1 Components
  • 2.6.2 Draft and final bills
  • 2.6.3 Using computers
  • 2.7 Alternative bills of quantities
  • 3 Working with the Main Contractor
  • 3.1 Contracting organisations
  • 3.1.1 Premises and assets
  • 3.2 Management systems
  • 3.2.1 Health and safety management
  • 3.2.2 Environmental management
  • 3.2.3 Quality management
  • 3.3 Marketing for contracts
  • 3.4 Estimating and the contractor's quantity surveyor
  • 3.4.1 Activity on receipt of tender documents
  • 3.4.2 Subcontractor pricing
  • 3.4.3 Builder's schedules
  • 3.4.4 Resources costing
  • 3.4.5 Unit rate calculations
  • 3.4.6 Preliminaries pricing
  • 3.4.7 Estimating and quantity surveying software
  • 3.4.8 Cost planned tenders
  • 3.4.9 Value management
  • 4 Project Commencement
  • 4.1 The project team
  • 4.2 Pre-construction handover
  • 4.3 Office- and site-based roles
  • 4.4 The construction programme
  • 4.4.1 Programme float
  • 4.4.2 Programme acceleration
  • 4.5 Project administration
  • 4.5.1 Cash flow
  • 4.5.2 Cost targets
  • 4.5.3 Procurement scheduling
  • 4.5.4 Material supply and plant hire registers
  • 4.5.5 Document distribution and registers
  • 4.5.6 Progress claim scheduling
  • 4.5.7 Cost management systems (CMS)
  • 4.6 Site establishment
  • 4.7 Review of the main contract
  • 4.7.1 Articles of the Agreement
  • 4.7.2 Insurance

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