UID:
almafu_9959327831702883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781118561515
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1118561511
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9781118561508
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1118561503
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9781118561485
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1118561481
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111856152X
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9781118561522
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Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Author Biography; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Addendum: Infrastructure Conditions of Contract -- With Quantities Version; Part 1 Measurement in Construction ; Chapter 1 The Role and Purpose of Measurement ; 1.1 Measurement; 1.1.1 Counting bricks; 1.1.2 Definition; 1.1.3 Who measures?; 1.2 The end of measurement or a new beginning?; 1.2.1 Anyone can measure; 1.2.2 Measurement in the lecture theatre; 1.3 How's your Latin?; 1.3.1 Information; 1.3.2 The Tavistock Report; 1.3.3 A new business model?; 1.4 Standardised measurement.
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1.4.1 Non-UK standard methods of measurement 1.4.2 The standard method of measurement of building works; 1.4.3 Common arrangement of work sections; 1.4.4 RICS new rules of measurement; 1.4.5 Civil engineering standard method of measurement; 1.4.6 Method of measurement for highway works; 1.4.7 Principles of Measurement (International); 1.4.8 Bills of quantities; 1.5 Measurement: skill or art?; 1.5.1 Uses of measurement; 1.5.2 Risk management; 1.5.3 The author's objectives; 1.5.4 Rationale; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Measurement and Design ; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Design; 2.2.1 Design process.
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2.2.2 RIBA Plan of Work 2.2.3 Design intent; 2.2.4 Design cost control; 2.2.5 Measurement; 2.3 BIM; 2.3.1 Definitions; 2.3.2 BIM benefits; 2.3.3 BIM levels; 2.3.4 BIM awareness; 2.3.5 Glossary of terms; 2.3.6 BIM systems; 2.4 BIM quantities; 2.4.1 Limitations; 2.4.2 A word of caution; 2.4.3 On-screen measurement ; 2.4.4 Software issues; 2.4.5 Example; 2.4.6 Using 5D BIM; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Measurement Conventions ; 3.1 Traditional conventions; 3.1.1 Taking off quantities; 3.1.2 Cut and shuffle; 3.1.3 Direct billing; 3.1.4 Item descriptions; 3.1.5 Standard phraseology.
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3.1.6 2D paper-based drawings 3.1.7 Figured dimensions/scaling; 3.1.8 Digitised measurement; 3.2 Modern conventions; 3.2.1 Measurement software; 3.2.2 Electronic communications; 3.2.3 2D or 3D CAD drawings; 3.2.4 Digital images; 3.2.5 Viewing electronic files; 3.2.6 Calibrating electronic drawings; 3.3 BIM conventions; 3.3.1 BIM models; 3.3.2 BIM quantities; 3.3.3 Quantity extraction; 3.3.4 Validation of quantities; 3.3.5 Reading BIM files; 3.3.6 BIM model output; Note; References; Chapter 4 Approaches to Measurement ; 4.1 Measurement skills; 4.2 Uses of measurement; 4.3 Pareto principle.
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4.4 Measurement documentation 4.5 Formal bills of quantities; 4.5.1 Firm bills of quantities; 4.5.2 Approximate bills of quantities; 4.6 Formal 'quasi' bills of quantities; 4.6.1 Schedule of rates; 4.6.2 Schedule of works; 4.7 Formal 'operational' bills of quantities; 4.8 Informal bills of quantities; 4.8.1 Builders' quantities; 4.8.2 Uses of builders' quantities; 4.8.3 Preparation of builders' quantities; 4.9 Quantities risk transfer; 4.10 Activity schedules; 4.10.1 Activity schedules generally; 4.10.2 Preparation of the 'base' quantities; 4.10.3 Advantages of activity schedules.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Williams, Peter, 1947 November 20- Managing measurement risk in building and civil engineering. Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2015 ISBN 9781118561522
Language:
English
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