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Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)

Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book By Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)

Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book by Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)

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Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book Summary

Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book by Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)

This second edition of the Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book is fully updated in line with NRM1, NRM2 and JCT(11), and remains a must-have guide for students and qualified practitioners. Its focussed coverage of the data, techniques, and skills essential to the quantity surveying role make it an invaluable companion for everything from initial cost advice to the final account stage.

Key features include:

  • the structure of the construction industry
  • cost forecasting and feasibility studies
  • measurement and quantification, with NRM2 and SMM7 examples
  • estimating and bidding
  • whole life costs
  • contract selection
  • final account procedure.

This text includes recommended formats for cost plans, developer's budgets, financial reports, financial statements and final accounts. This is the ideal concise reference for quantity surveyors, project and commercial managers, and students of any of the above.

About Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)

Duncan Cartlidge is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with more than twenty-five years involvement in construction. His experience includes private practice in both the UK and Europe, commercial management for leading European contractors, and managing and delivering graduate and postgraduate programmes in surveying and related topics. He is an Associate Tutor at the College of Estate Management, Reading, and a Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, and sits on the Quantity Surveying and Construction Professional Group Board of the RICS. www.duncancartlidge.co.uk

Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Quantity Surveyor and the Construction Industry (The construction industry, The building team, Regulations and Controls, Sustainability, Site Waste Management Plans) 2. Forecasting Costs and Values (RIBA outline Plan of Work 2007, Cost Planning, Approximate Estimating, Elemental Cost Planning, Elemental Cost Control, The Property Market, Taxation, Sources of Finance, Risk Analysis, Whole Life Costs, Value Management) 3. Measurement and Quantification (Methods of Measurement, Measurement Conventions, Specifications) 4. Procurement (Guidelines, Single Stage Selective Tendering, Tender Evaluation, Two Stage Tendering, Design and Build, Package Deals, Management Contracting, Partnering / Alliancing, Prime Contracting, Frameworks, Public Private Partnerships, European Union Procurement) 5. Pricing and Tendering (Subcontractors, Domestic Subcontractors, Nominated/Named Subcontractors, The Nomination Process, Collateral Warranties, Named Subcontractors, Unit Rate and Operational Estimating, Estimating, Managing the Pricing Process, E-tendering, E-Auctions, Reverse Auctions) 6. Contract Procedure (Contract Procedure, Contract Administration, Site Organisation) 7. Final Account (Final Account, Variation Account, Pro-rate Pricing) Useful Links and Contacts. Further Reading. Useful measurement rules and conventions. Index

Additional information

GOR006356177
9780415501101
0415501105
Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book by Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)
Duncan Cartlidge (Construction Procurement Consultant, UK)
Routledge Pocket Books
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20120813
440
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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