Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying A fully-updated new edition of the classic quantity surveyor's guide Quantity Surveying (QS) involves the practice and management of costs related to building and civil engineering projects. Built on the fundamental skill of measuring building quantities, QS practitioners offer a range of services including cost assessments for life cycles, reducing carbon emissions, and more. For almost ninety years, Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying has been the indispensable introduction to the theory and practice of quantity surveying. Now updated to…mehr
A fully-updated new edition of the classic quantity surveyor's guide
Quantity Surveying (QS) involves the practice and management of costs related to building and civil engineering projects. Built on the fundamental skill of measuring building quantities, QS practitioners offer a range of services including cost assessments for life cycles, reducing carbon emissions, and more. For almost ninety years, Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying has been the indispensable introduction to the theory and practice of quantity surveying. Now updated to reflect the latest standards and practices, it promises to train a new generation of skilled contributors to the building and engineering trades.
Readers of the fourteenth edition of Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying will also find: _ New chapter on measuring electrical works _ Companion website with videos and worked-through examples for instructors _ Updates reflecting the 2021 edition of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' New Rules of Measurement 2
Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying is ideal for all undergraduate students in quantity surveying and related construction disciplines.
Roy Hills, BSc, LLM, MSc, FRICS, is a Programme Leader for Quantity Surveying and a Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying at the University of Greenwich, UK. He is a chartered Quantity Surveyor who has worked extensively in industry across both Europe and Asia and is also an assessor for the RICS APC on the QS and PM pathways. Sandra Lee, BSc, MSc, FRICS retd, CIOB retd, is a retired chartered Quantity Surveyor but continues to be involved with surveying education and is a contributor to the associated professional bodies.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xii
Abbreviations xiii
1 Introduction 1
The modern quantity surveyor 1
The need for measurement 1
The need for rules 1
Establishing the approach 2
Method of study 2
Examples 3
2 Detailed Measurement 5
Method of analysing cost 5
Origin of the bill of quantities 5
The measurement process 6
Attributes of a quantity surveyor 6
Divisions of bill preparation 6
Quantities as part of the contract 7
Contractor-produced quantities and estimates 7
Differences of custom 8
3 The Use of the RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM) 9
