Title Estimating for builders and surveyors / Ross D. Buchan, F.W Eric Fleming and Fiona E.K. Grant

Edition Second edition Published Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2003] ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) : illustrations Contents Author's note -- Note -- 1. Introduction -- The UK construction industry -- Introduction to estimating -- The invitation to tender -- The estimating method -- Tender procedure -- Negotiated tender -- Selective tendering for design and build -- 2. The cost of labour -- The all-in hourly rate -- The Working Rules -- Estimating the cost of labour -- Entitlement to basic and additional rates of pay -- Work in difficult conditions -- Bonus -- Working hours -- Overtime -- Daily fare and travel allowance -- Rotary shift working -- Night work -- Continuous working -- Tide work Tunnel workRefuelling, servicing, maintenance and repairs -- Storage of tools -- Loss of clothing -- Transfer arrangements -- Subsistence allowance -- Periodic leave -- Guaranteed minimum weekly earnings -- Annual holidays -- Sick pay -- Benefit schemes -- Scaffolders -- Employer's Contributions for National Insurance -- Employer's liability insurance -- Construction Industry Training Board levy -- Redundancy funding -- Supervision: foremen, chargehands, gangers -- Bonus, incentive and productivity schemes -- Excess overtime allowance -- Practical estimating -- 3. Mechanical plant -- Introduction -- Purchase or hire -- The plant rate DepreciationLife of plant -- Hours worked per annum -- Repairs and renewals -- Tracks and tyres -- Inflation -- Summary -- 4. Preliminaries -- Introduction -- Project particulars -- Tender and contract documents -- The site/existing buildings -- Description of the works -- The contract/sub-contract -- Employer's requirements -- Contractor's cost items -- Nominated subcontractors -- Provisional work items -- Dayworks -- Collection of example costs -- 5. Excavation and filling -- Site preparation -- Lifting turf for preservation -- Excavation: general remarks -- Hand excavation -- Depth and throw -- Soil conditions -- Outputs -- Machine excavation Ground waterServices -- Breaking out -- Working space -- Earthwork support -- Disposal of water -- Disposal of excavated material -- Filling to excavations -- Surface packing -- Surface treatments -- 6. Concrete work -- In situ concrete -- Materials -- Weights and volumes -- Shrinkage in concrete mix -- Costing for shrinkage -- Mixer costs -- Lab our. costs -- Reinforcement for in situ concrete -- Formwork -- Precast concrete -- 7. Brickwork and blockwork -- Introduction -- Mortar -- Bricks per wall area -- Lab our. costs -- Common brickwork -- Brickwork sundries -- Facing brickwork -- Jointing and pointing -- Special brickwork -- Blockwork -- 8. Underpinning IntroductionShoring -- Underpinning -- 9. Roof coverings -- Slate roofing -- Tile roofing -- Clay plain roof tiles -- Concrete roofing tiles -- Lead sheet coverings and flashings -- Fixing accessories for external leadwork -- 10. Asphalt work -- Introduction -- Plant -- Materials -- Lab our. -- Wastage -- Building-up rates -- 11. Woodwork carpentry: first fixings -- Special requirements -- Timber sizes and costs -- Fastenings and adhesives -- Lab our. constants -- Examples of rates calculation -- 12. Woodwork joinery: second fixings and finishings -- Introduction -- 13. Structural steelwork and metalwork -- Introduction Isolated structural metal members (G12) Summary Written for students taking courses in building and surveying, 'Estimating for Builders and Surveyors' describes and explains the method used by the estimator to build up prices or rates for items described in the SMM7 format. Each chapter is a self-contained unit related to a particular element in the building. Worked examples throughout reflect both traditional and up-to-date technology. Written by an author team of academics and professional surveyors, this book continues to be an invaluable introduction to the subject of estimating Notes Previous edition published as: Estimating for builders and quantity surveyors / R.D. Buchan, F.W. Fleming and J.R. Kelly : Oxford : Newnes, 1991 Includes index Print version record Subject Building -- Estimates -- Great Britain TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General. Building -- Estimates Sachverständiger Kostenrechnung Bauablauf Great Britain Großbritannien Form Electronic book Author Grant, Fiona E. K Fleming, F. W Buchan, R. D. Estimating for builders and quantity surveyors ISBN 9781136405082 1136405089 9780080505954 0080505953

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