Measurement Using the New Rules of Measurement

Informationen zum Autor Sean D.C. Ostrowski (BSc PhD PGCHE FRICS FCIOB FCIArb) is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and has practised in the full range of quantity surveying services for over 30 years, specialising in the field of dispute resolution for both the professional and contracting sectors and continues to lecture on quantity surveying subjects. Klappentext The RICS New Rules of Measurement mean that the construction industry now has a way of allowing a more consistent approach to the measurement and estimating of buildings from the start of a project, right through until the end, and beyond.Measurement using the New Rules of Measurement offers comprehensive guidance on all the technical competencies concerned with measurement throughout the precontract stages and provides a full commentary to the NRM, with detailed and comprehensive examples of how to measure in accordance with this new prescriptive approach.For both students and practitioners, the acquisition of technical competencies is by practice so this book offers step-by-step worked examples to follow as well as an exercise on each topic. helps dispel anxieties about using a new method in an important area of fee generation based on the author's successful Roadshows, organised by the RICS to promote the NRM companion websites provide support for learning: http://ostrowskiquantities.com and www.wiley.com/go/ostrowski/measurement Zusammenfassung The RICS New Rules of Measurement mean that the construction industry now has a way of allowing a more consistent approach to the measurement and estimating of buildings from the start of a project, right through until the end, and beyond.Measurement using the New Rules of Measurement offers comprehensive guidance on all the technical competencies concerned with measurement throughout the precontract stages and provides a full commentary to the NRM, with detailed and comprehensive examples of how to measure in accordance with this new prescriptive approach.For both students and practitioners, the acquisition of technical competencies is by practice so this book offers step-by-step worked examples to follow as well as an exercise on each topic. helps dispel anxieties about using a new method in an important area of fee generation based on the author's successful Roadshows, organised by the RICS to promote the NRM companion websites provide support for learning: http://ostrowskiquantities.com and www.wiley.com/go/ostrowski/measurement Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ixAcknowledgements xiList of Drawings xiiiList of Tables xvList of Diagrams xixGlossary of Terms and Abbreviations xxi1 Introduction 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Standard methods of measurement 41.3 Contract documentation 72 A Practical Introduction to Measurement 92.1 A practical introduction to measurement 92.2 Measurement procedure 142.3 Self-assessment exercise: Protocols 183 Corners 193.1 Measurement information 193.2 Methodology 203.3 Practical application: Corners 213.4 Self-assessment exercise: Internal and external dimensions 274 Substructure 294.1 Measurement information 294.2 Technology 334.3 Practical application: Substructure to doctors' surgery 364.4 Self-assessment exercise: Trench foundations 505 Basement 515.1 Measurement information 525.2 Technology 555.3 Practical application: Brick basement to adjacent building 565.4 Self-assessment exercise: Basement to offi ce building 656 Sloping Site 676.1 Measurement information 676.2 Technology 716.3 Practical application: Pair of houses 726.4 Self-assessment exercise: Grid of levels 887 Underpinning 897.1 Measurement information 907.2 Technology 937.3 Practical application: Underpinning to basement 957.4 Self-assessment exercise: Trench excavation 1048 Reinforced Concrete Frame 1058.1 Measurement information 1058.2 Technology 1088.3 Practical application: Reinforced concre...

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Sean D.C. Ostrowski (BSc PhD PGCHE FRICS FCIOB FCIArb) is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and has practised in the full range of quantity surveying services for over 30 years, specialising in the field of dispute resolution for both the professional and contracting sectors and continues to lecture on quantity surveying subjects.

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The RICS New Rules of Measurement mean that the construction industry now has a way of allowing a more consistent approach to the measurement and estimating of buildings from the start of a project, right through until the end, and beyond. Measurement using the New Rules of Measurement offers comprehensive guidance on all the technical competencies concerned with measurement throughout the precontract stages and provides a full commentary to the NRM, with detailed and comprehensive examples of how to measure in accordance with this new prescriptive approach. For both students and practitioners, the acquisition of technical competencies is by practice so this book offers step-by-step worked examples to follow as well as an exercise on each topic. helps dispel anxieties about using a new method in an important area of fee generation based on the author's successful Roadshows, organised by the RICS to promote the NRM * companion websites provide support for learning: http://ostrowskiquantities.com and www.wiley.com/go/ostrowski/measurement

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Preface ix Acknowledgements xi List of Drawings xiii List of Tables xv List of Diagrams xix Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations xxi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Standard methods of measurement 4 1.3 Contract documentation 7 2 A Practical Introduction to Measurement 9 2.1 A practical introduction to measurement 9 2.2 Measurement procedure 14 2.3 Self-assessment exercise: Protocols 18 3 Corners 19 3.1 Measurement information 19 3.2 Methodology 20 3.3 Practical application: Corners 21 3.4 Self-assessment exercise: Internal and external dimensions 27 4 Substructure 29 4.1 Measurement information 29 4.2 Technology 33 4.3 Practical application: Substructure to doctors' surgery 36 4.4 Self-assessment exercise: Trench foundations 50 5 Basement 51 5.1 Measurement information 52 5.2 Technology 55 5.3 Practical application: Brick basement to adjacent building 56 5.4 Self-assessment exercise: Basement to offi ce building 65 6 Sloping Site 67 6.1 Measurement information 67 6.2 Technology 71 6.3 Practical application: Pair of houses 72 6.4 Self-assessment exercise: Grid of levels 88 7 Underpinning 89 7.1 Measurement information 90 7.2 Technology 93 7.3 Practical application: Underpinning to basement 95 7.4 Self-assessment exercise: Trench excavation 104 8 Reinforced Concrete Frame 105 8.1 Measurement information 105 8.2 Technology 108 8.3 Practical application: Reinforced concrete frame 109 8.4 Self-assessment exercise: Formwork 124 9 Brickwork 125 9.1 Measurement information 125 9.2 Technology 132 9.3 Practical application: Brickwork 133 9.4 Self-assessment exercise: Structural openings in brickwork 148 10 Openings, Doors and Windows 149 10.1 Measurement information 150 10.2 Technology 153 10.3 Practical application: Openings, doors and windows 154 10.4 Self-assessment exercise: Openings and doors 161 11 Flat Roofs 163 11.1 Measurement information 164 11.2 Technology 167 11.3 Practical application: Flat roof 168 11.4 Self-assessment exercise: Gutters 172 12 Pitched Roofs 173 12.1 Measurement information 174 12.2 Technology 176 12.3 Practical application: Pitched roof 177 12.4 Self-assessment exercise: Tiling to roof 185 13 Steelwork 187 13.1 Measurement information 187 13.2 Technology 189 13.3 Practical application: Agricultural building 190 13.4 Self-assessment exercise: Steelwork to pergola 196 14 Partitions 197 14.1 Measurement information 198 13.2 Technology 203 14.3 Practical application: Hostel first floor 205 14.4 Self-assessment exercise: Hostel ground floor 210 15 Curtain Walling 211 15.1 Measurement information 211 15.2 Technology 215 15.3 Practical application: Aircraft showroom gridline 1 216 15.4 Self-assessment exercise:…