Measurement & Quantification
Article 6: Construction Estimating Software and Technology
Part 6. The digital tools changing how QSs measure and price. Covers digital take-off, BIM quantities, estimating platforms, cost databases,…
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Measurement & Quantification
Article 5: Factors Affecting Estimates and Cost Accuracy
Part 5. What moves an estimate up or down. Covers location, market conditions, procurement route, specification, programme, ground conditions, and…
Measurement & Quantification
Contractor Estimating and Tender Pricing
Part 4. How contractors price a tender, from the bid decision to the final figure. Includes all-in labour rates, a…
Measurement & Quantification
Article 3: Elemental Cost Planning (Client-Side)
Part 3. Building an elemental cost plan under NRM 1. Covers element quantities and rates, cost plans 1 to 3,…
Measurement & Quantification
Article 2: Types of Estimates and When to Use Them
Part 2. The four types of estimate, from order of magnitude to pre-tender. Shows how to match each to the…
Measurement & Quantification
Article 1: Introduction to Estimating in Construction
Part 1. What construction estimating is and why it matters. Covers the five principles, the client and contractor views, RIBA…
Quantity Surveying
Value Engineering and Quantity Surveying
Improving value by balancing function and cost. Covers the value engineering process, the QS role, common techniques, whole-life costing and…
Quantity Surveying
Final Accounts and Settlement
How the final account is built and agreed under JCT and NEC4. Includes a worked example with variations, provisional sums,…
Construction Contracts
Variation Claims and CEs Assessments
Why Valuing Variations and Compensation Events Matters Every construction project changes. Designs evolve, ground conditions surprise, clients amend their requirements…
Quantity Surveying
Contract Administration: JCT vs NEC
How payments, variations, extensions of time, loss and expense, defects and the programme work under JCT and NEC, compared side…