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Estimating and tendering for construction work / Martin Brook.

By: Brook, Martin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993Description: xvi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0750615311 .Subject(s): Building -- Estimates | Letting of contractsDDC classification: 692.5
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Dealing with the techniques and procedures used to build up an estimate, this book explains how an estimate is converted into a tender, from early cost studies, through to the preparation of the estimate, to the handover of construction budgets for successful tenders.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Organization of the estimating function
  • Procurement paths
  • Forms of contract
  • Tender documentation
  • Estimating methods
  • Contractor selection and decision to tender
  • Project appreciation
  • Enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors
  • Tender planning and method statements
  • Resource costs - labour, materials and plant
  • Unit rate pricing
  • Sub-contractors and nominated suppliers
  • Fluctuations
  • Provisional sums and dayworks
  • Preliminaries
  • Cashflow forecasts
  • Completing the estimate and tender adjudication
  • Tender submission and results
  • Action with the successful tender
  • Computer-aided estimating
  • Index

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