PART ONE: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.

1.Setting out of bills.

Item No I Description on I Quantity I Rate I Amount

2.UNITS
 Ha hectare
 Kg kilogramme
 Kn kilonewton
 Kw kilowatt
 m linear metre
 m2 square metre
 m3 cubic metre
 mm millimetre
 No number
 t ton

3. Order of items
 The work shall be divided into trades and sections of trades in the order as set out in this
standard system.
 The order shall be mass, volume, area, length and number
 items shall be arranged in their approximate order of value, the cheapest first.

4. Order of dimensions
 Horizontal at right angles to the line of sight
 Horizontal parallel to the line of sight
 Vertical

5.Net measurements.
 All work shall be measured net as fixed in position.
 All wants shall be deducted.
 no allowance shall be made for waste.
6.Fractional quantities.
 Quantities shall be rounded off to the nearest whole unit.
 Quantities may be given to two decimal places.

7.PROVISIONAL QUANTITIES
 Where the quantity of any work cannot be accurately determined during preparation of the
bills of quantities such work shall be described as provisional and subsequently remeasured


8.Provisional sums.
 Separate provisional sums shall be given for each class of work

9. Contingencies
 Expenditure which cannot be determined during the preparation of the bills shall be given in
the summary at the end of the bills of quantities.

PART TWO
1.EARTHWORKS
1.1 Site clearance.
 Digging up and removal of rubbish, debris, vegetation, hedges, shrubs and trees not
exceeding 200mm girth, bush, etc
 m2

1.2 Excavations
 m3
 Bulk excavations,
 excavations for trenches
 excavations for holes


1.3 Risk of collapse.

Separate items shall be given for

 bulk
 trenches
 holes
 excavations from ground level to not exceeding 1,5m deep and
 from ground level to exceeding 1,5m deep
 m2
1.4 Dewatering
 keffw item
 keffsw item

2. Concrete.
 Classified according to compressive strength or mix
 m3

3. Masonry (Brickwork).
 Classified according to material
 quality of the masonry unit
 the bond and the composition of the mortar
 extra over
 m2.

4. Waterproofing
 No distinction shall be made for horizontal,
 vertical,
 in hollow walls
 under sills
 m2