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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155114603321

Autore

Brook Martin

Titolo

Estimating and tendering for construction work / / Martin Brook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-73469-9

1-317-56174-0

1-317-56173-2

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

692/.5

692.5

Soggetti

Building - Estimates

Letting of contracts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Organization of the estimating function -- 3. Procurement paths -- 4. Formal tender documentation -- 5. Contractor selection and decision to tender -- 6. Project appreciation and enquiries to supplers and sub-contractors -- 7. Estimating methods -- 8. Design to cost -- 9. Tenders with cost planning -- 10. Quantification for estimating -- 11. Tender planning and method statements -- 12. Resource costs : labour, materials and plant -- 13. Unit rate pricing -- 14. Sub-contractors and market testing -- 15. Risk, opportunities and inflation -- 16. Provisional sums and dayworks -- 17. Preliminaries -- 18. Cash-flow forecasts -- 19. Completing the estimate and tender settlement -- 20. Tender submission and results -- 21. Action with the successful tender -- 22. Computer-aided estimating.