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Estimating and tendering for construction work [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Publication details: OxfordbButterworth-Heinemann 2008Edition: 4th edDescription: eBookISBN:
  • 9780750686167
  • 9781405147552
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 692.5 $2 18
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Partial contents:
Organization of the estimating function -- Procurement paths -- Forms of contract -- Tender documentation -- Estimating methods -- Contractor selection and decision to tender -- Project appreciation and enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors -- Tenders wth cost planning -- Tender planning and method statements -- Resource costs: labour, materials and plant -- Unit rate pricing -- Sub-contractors and market testing -- Risk, opportunities and fluctuations -- Provisional sums and dayworks -- Preliminaries -- Cashflow forecasts -- Completing the estimate and final tender review -- Tender submission and results -- Action with the successful tender -- Computer-aided estimating
Summary: Sets out the role of the estimator at every stage of the project process. This new edition is updated to take account of new tendering and procurement methods, the increased emphasis on collaborative working and the move from basic estimating to cost planning.Summary: Supersedes 3rd edition (ISBN 0750658649)Summary: Superseded by 5th edition ISBN 9781138838062
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Organization of the estimating function -- Procurement paths -- Forms of contract -- Tender documentation -- Estimating methods -- Contractor selection and decision to tender -- Project appreciation and enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors -- Tenders wth cost planning -- Tender planning and method statements -- Resource costs: labour, materials and plant -- Unit rate pricing -- Sub-contractors and market testing -- Risk, opportunities and fluctuations -- Provisional sums and dayworks -- Preliminaries -- Cashflow forecasts -- Completing the estimate and final tender review -- Tender submission and results -- Action with the successful tender -- Computer-aided estimating

Sets out the role of the estimator at every stage of the project process. This new edition is updated to take account of new tendering and procurement methods, the increased emphasis on collaborative working and the move from basic estimating to cost planning.

Supersedes 3rd edition (ISBN 0750658649)

Superseded by 5th edition ISBN 9781138838062

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