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

• Autore: Towey Donald
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 361 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 692/.5
• Soggetto topico: Quantity surveying
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- 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 -- 4.7.8 Payments -- 4.7.9 Termination -- 4.7.10 Warranties -- 4.7.11 Contract schedules and special provisions -- 4.8 Edited and bespoke forms of contract -- 5 Supply Chain Procurement -- 5.1 The supply chain -- 5.2 Labour-only subcontractors -- 5.2.1 Methods of engagement and reimbursement -- 5.2.2 Contractor's risk -- 5.3 Labour and material subcontractors -- 5.3.1 Domestic subcontractors -- 5.3.2 Named and nominated subcontractors -- 5.3.3 Tender periods and openings -- 5.3.4 Tender comparisons -- 5.3.5 Negotiations -- 5.3.6 Subcontractor insurances -- 5.3.7 Bespoke forms of subcontract agreement. ; 5.3.8 Generic forms of subcontract agreement -- 5.3.9 Back-to-back forms of subcontract agreement -- 5.4 Material supply scheduling and purchase ordering -- 5.4.1 Bulk ordering -- 5.5 Labour hire agreements -- 5.6 Plant hire agreements -- 5.7 Consultant appointments -- 6 Running the Project -- 6.1 Managing the flow of documents -- 6.1.1 Changes in design and documentation -- 6.1.2 Contractor-generated documents -- 6.2 Changes to the works -- 6.2.1 Changes in quantity -- 6.2.2 Changes in quality -- 6.2.3 Changes in sequence of works -- 6.2.4 Variation submissions -- 6.3 Reimbursement -- 6.3.1 Client interim payments -- 6.3.2 Subcontractors' payments -- 6.3.3 Material suppliers and hire company payments -- 6.3.4 Consultants' payments -- 6.4 Cost centres and financial reporting -- 6.5 Tracking expenditure -- 6.6 Extension of time claims -- 6.7 Financial claims -- 6.7.1 Claims under the main contract -- 6.7.2 Claims from the supply chain to the contractor -- 6.7.3 Claims from the contractor to the supply chain -- 6.8 Settlement of disputes -- 6.8.1 Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) -- 6.8.2 Negotiation -- 6.8.3 Mediation -- 6.8.4 Conciliation -- 6.8.5 Early neutral evaluation -- 6.8.6 Expert determination -- 6.8.7 Adjudication -- 6.8.8 Arbitration -- 6.9 Voluntary and involuntary contract terminations -- 6.9.1 Main contract termination -- 6.9.2 Supply chain terminations -- 6.10 Project reporting -- 7 Project Completion -- 7.1 Sectional and practical completion -- 7.1.1 Definition and effects of practical completion -- 7.1.2 Final certification -- 7.2 Operating manuals and As Built information -- 7.3 Defects -- 7.3.1 Patent defects -- 7.3.2 Latent defects -- 7.4 Final accounts -- 7.4.1 Main contract final account -- 7.4.2 Issue and effect of the final payment certificate -- 7.4.3 Supply chain final accounts -- 7.4.4 Final project costs. ; 7.5 Project closure -- 7.5.1 Feedback -- 7.5.2 Archiving and retrieval -- Further Reading -- Index.
• 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: 9781118329764; 1118329767
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813838703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II