The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the processes and skills
required in preparing a Bill for Quantities. This module will seek to extend the students ability to
prepare take-off solutions for more complex building elements of non-domestic buildings. The
students’ ability to complete the take-off solution will be developed by preparing a portfolio of
evidence, in order to prepare them for an end of semester examination. The module will also extend
the students’ knowledge and use of Computer Aided Measurement.
Taking-off
Substructures: Measurement procedures; excavation and earthwork; - generally; site preparation;
excavation; disposal of water and excavated material; filling; surface treatments; sloping site
excavation and associated works; piling; underpinning; worked examples.
Brickwork, Blockwork and Masonry: Brickwork and blockwork - general principles; damp-proof courses
and sundries to brickwork and blockwork; masonry – general principles; description of masonry; rubble
walling; worked examples.
Reinforced Concrete: Categories; measurement of reinforced concrete floors and roofs; in-situ
concrete; reinforcement; formwork; measurement of reinforced concrete staircase; precast concrete;
composite and hollow block suspended construction; pre-stressed concrete work; contractor-designed
construction; worked examples.
Structural Steelwork: General introduction; measurement procedures; fabricated members; fittings;
painting and other surface treatments; worked examples.
Mechanical Services: General principles; worked example.
Electrical Services: General principles; worked example.
Alteration Work: Extent of work; measurement of demolition work; sequence of measurement; worked
Services: Building Services, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing.
example.
Bills of Quantities
Preliminaries, measured work, dayworks, provisional and prime cost sums, contingencies, planning of bill production, management of billing process, editing of bills of quantities, use of Computer Aided Measurement software, use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in bill production.
SUSTAINABILITY:
Inclusion of the description and measurement of sustainable materials and processes.
International cost Management Standard (ICMS) offers a high-level framework against which life cycle costs and carbon emissions can be classified, defined, measured, recorded, analysed, presented and compared
Instruction is by means of structured lectures / tutorials (in class & virtual), classroom discussion and groupwork encouraging community and peer to peer learning
| Module Content & Assessment | |
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |