Quantity Surveying
Bonds, Guarantees, and Warranties in Construction
Protecting the client if things go wrong. Covers performance and advance payment bonds, parent company guarantees, collateral warranties, latent defects…
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Practical knowledge for the modern Quantity Surveyor — from measurement to commercial strategy.
Quantity Surveying
Preliminaries and General Items in Construction
The site-wide costs no single trade carries. Covers NRM 2 structure, fixed and time-related charges, typical percentages by sector and…
Construction Contracts
Retention in Construction Contracts
Introduction Retention is one of the most familiar — and most contested — mechanisms in UK construction contracts. A percentage…
Quantity Surveying
Interim Valuations and Application for Payments
The engine of construction cash flow. Covers the legal framework, valuations under JCT and NEC4, the gross valuation method, retention,…
Quantity Surveying
Building Regulations and the Quantity Surveyor
What compliance costs and how to plan for it. Covers the Approved Documents, the Building Safety Act, building control fees…
Quantity Surveying
How to Read Architectural Drawings
The skill all cost work rests on. Covers drawing types, plans, sections and elevations, title blocks, symbols, dimensions, scales and…
Construction Contracts
Construction Law for the Quantity Surveyor
The legal framework every QS works within. Covers the Construction Act, payment under NEC4 and JCT, adjudication, retention and a…
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UK Brick Calculator
Work out bricks, mortar and wastage for any wall. Enter the dimensions, wall type and openings to get quantities and…
Quantity Surveying
Development Appraisal and the Quantity Surveyor
Testing whether a scheme is worth building. Covers the residual method, phased cash flow, sensitivity analysis, viability assessments for planning…
Quantity Surveying
Feasibility and Quantity Surveying
Is the project worth building? Covers the QS role at feasibility, early cost estimates, development appraisal, abnormal costs and a…