Construction quantity surveying [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide for the contractor's QS / / Donald Towey

• Autore: Towey Donald
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Disciplina: 692/.5
• Soggetto topico: Quantity surveying
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 cycles1.7 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 rules2.2 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 systems3.2.1 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 programme4.4.1 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; 4.7.3 Employer's financial security; 4.7.4 Carrying out the works; 4.7.5 Delays in carrying out the works; 4.7.6 Control of the works ; 4.7.7 Cost variations
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book demonstrates that Quantity Surveying is not limited to working behind a desk measuring trade works from drawings & quantifying materials, but is in fact a dynamic and central role within the overall management of construction projects. With an introductory chapter defining the profession & examining the role it plays in the construction industry, the book is then divided into two parts, which cover working on behalf of a client and for a contractor respectively. The chapters cover the full range of activities a QS is likely to encounter, such as cost planning, measurement, procurement and project management"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Construction quantity surveying
• ISBN: 1-118-32977-5; 1-280-67844-5; 9786613655370; 1-118-32976-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451996503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II