Managing Measurement Risk in Building and Civil Engineering by Peter Williams

English | 2015 | ISBN: 111856152X | 616 pages | PDF | 15,3 MB

Offers quantity surveyors, engineers, building surveyors and contractors clear guidance on how to recognise and avoid measurement risk. The book recognises the interrelationship of measurement with complex contractual issues; emphasises the role of measurement in the entirety of the contracting process; and helps to widen the accessibility of measurement beyond the province of the professional quantity surveyor.

For the busy practitioner, the book includes:

Detailed coverage of NRM1 and NRM2, CESMM4, Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works and POM(I)
Comparison of NRM2 with SMM7
Detailed analysis of changes from CESMM3 to CESMM4
Coverage of the measurement implications of major main and sub-contract conditions (JCT, NEC3, Infrastructure Conditions and FIDIC)
Definitions of 5D BIM and exploration of BIM measurement protocols
Considerations of the measurement risk implications of both formal and informal tender documentation and common methods of procurement
An identification of pre- and post-contract measurement risk issues
Coverage of measurement risk in claims and final accounts
Detailed worked examples and explanations of computer-based measurement using a variety of industry-standard software packages.