Costing, Estimating and Tendering

Focuses on projects otherwise overshadowed by the spectacular and extravagant buildings that fill the specialist journals: unvarnished, unpretentious buildings that, despite tight budgets, are clearly worked out to the last detail. They exemplify how, and by what measures, cost-effective planning and building are possible.

Follows the building design cost planning process from the crucial inception stages, through all the design stages to the completion of the technical design, contract documentation and the tender. Refers to BIM, NRM1, and the RIBA Plan of Work to provide a template for good cost planning practice.

This key text for the building team is an authoritative guide and gives a detailed account of the team's roles and responsibilities, with best industry practice required to ensure that building projects meet clients' expectations on time, cost and quality.

"First edition published 2008 by Taylor and Francis"--Title page verso.

From developing bid strategies to submitting a completed bid, Construction Cost Estimating introduces the fundamentals of construction estimating through a real life case study that unfolds across its 24 chapters.

Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction: Theory and Practice aims to provide students and practitioners with an all-inclusive understanding of strategies for adopting continuous improvement in construction cost management.

Estimators need to understand the consequences of entering into a contract, often defined by complex conditions and documents, as well as to appreciate the technical requirements of the project. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work, 5th edition, explains the job of the estimator through every stage, from early cost studies to the creation of budgets for successful tenders.

Suitable for small and medium contractors and for those involved in building traditional extensions or converting lofts, this book provides cost data. It features chapters on the pricing of common alterations, repair of damage due to floods, fire and gales, and on plant and tool hire.

This is the definitive guide to measurement and estimating using NRM1, written by the author of NRM1 himself.

Written for students taking courses in building and surveying, this book describes and explains the method used by the estimator to build up prices or rates for items described in the SMM7 format. Each chapter is a self-contained unit related to a particular element in the building.