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2.2 Arrangement of documents and project information 46

2.3 Measurement terminology 50
2.3.1 Take off and measuring techniques 50
2.3.2 Centre line calculation 56
2.3.3 Spot and composite items 60
2.4 Control of the system and delegation of tasks 60
2.4.1 Requests for Information (RFI) 68
2.5 Measurement example 69
2.6 Builder’s bills of quantities 70
2.6.1 Components 78
2.6.2 Draft and final bills 84
2.6.3 Using computers 86
2.7 Alternative bills of quantities 89

3 Working with the Main Contractor 91

3.1 Contracting organisations 91
3.1.1 Premises and assets 93
3.2 Management systems 97
3.2.1 Health and safety management 99
3.2.2 Environmental management 100
3.2.3 Quality management 101
3.3 Marketing for contracts 103
3.4 Estimating and the contractor’s quantity surveyor 104
3.4.1 Activity on receipt of tender documents 105
3.4.2 Subcontractor pricing 107
3.4.3 Builder’s schedules 113
3.4.4 Resources costing 114
3.4.5 Unit rate calculations 122
3.4.6 Preliminaries pricing 128
3.4.7 Estimating and quantity surveying software 133
3.4.8 Cost planned tenders 143
3.4.9 Value management 147

4 Project Commencement 149

4.1 The project team 149
4.2 Pre-construction handover 152
4.3 Office- and site-based roles 153
4.4 The construction programme 155
4.4.1 Programme float 160
4.4.2 Programme acceleration 160
4.5 Project administration 161
4.5.1 Cash flow 164
4.5.2 Cost targets 169
4.5.3 Procurement scheduling 172
4.5.4 Material supply and plant hire registers 177
4.5.5 Document distribution and registers 178

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