Construction and Materials tutorial notes and coursework; Formwork;
Diploma Part II Syllabus;

Construction notes on:-
Introduction to Quantity Surveyors Role in the Building Industry
Function and Uses of Bills of Quantities
The Evolution of the Bill of Quantities
Setting Out of Items and Dimensions
Statement Notes on measurement of different trades

Worked Examples (format is Drawing No; Drawing Title; Model (all references in brackets are to the Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works Edition 5 (SMM) Sections)
1 Dormer Slater Work (M)
2 Tilerwork Roof Tiler Work (M)
3 Roof Measurement Asphalt roofing (L)
4 Pitched Slate Roof Slater Work, Tile Work (alt) (M)
5 Asphalt Roofing Asphalt Roofing (L) Bituminous Felt (M)
6 Example A Roofing Measurement Asphalt Roofing (L), Bituminous Roofing (M)
7 Example B Roofing Measurement Asphalt Roofing (L)
8 The Bungalow – RICS intermediate Exam 1970 Roof Carpentry, Joinery Works (M,N,P)

Worked Examples (format is Drawing No; Drawing Title; Model (all references in brackets are to the Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works Edition 5 (SMM) Sections)

9/ A1 Offices and Stores Excavations, Foundations, Brickwork, Drainage
(D,F,G,X)
9/ B2 Offices and Stores
17 Typical Window Details Joinery (P)
18 Framed Lined Door Joinery (P)
19 Door Types (Int and External) Joinery (P)
Rainwater Installation (Dwg 9) (S)
Plaster Work (Dwg 9) (U)
Glazier Work (Dwg 9) (V)
Plumber Work – Roof Lead Work (M)
Painter Work (W)
10 Room with Dormer Slater Work (M)
Plasterwork (Dwg 10) (U)
11 Office and Store (Workshop) Plaster Work (U)
12 4Apt Dwelling House Excavations, Foundations, Under Building
Superstructure (D,F,G.M,S,X)
Plumber Work (gutters etc) (M)
Drainage (X)
Roughcast Work (U)
13 Extension Excavations, Foundations, Under Building(D,F,G, N)
14 Simple Pitched Roof Carpentry Work, Joinery Work (N,P)
20 Sash and Case Window Details Joiner Work (P)
13 Purpose-made Casement Wdw Joiner Work (P)
No Number Cottage Carpenter Work (N)
1a 4 Apt Dwelling House
1b 4 Apt Dwelling House - Roof Roof Plumber Work / Lead Work (M)
No number Glazed Screen Glazier Work (V)
No number Bus Shelter and Public Convenience Excavations, Brick Work and Concrete Work(D,F,G,
No number Trussed Rafters Carpentry (N)
Sketch Excavator and Builder Work (D,F,G)
No number Lead Work Lead flashings to chimney (M)

Worked Examples (format is Drawing No; Drawing Title; Model (all references in brackets are to the Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works Edition 5 (SMM) Sections)

1a 4 Apt Dwelling House Excavations, Brick Work, Concrete Work, Carpentry (D,F,G,N,P)
1b 4 Apt Dwelling House
1c 4 Apt Dwelling House (Sht 1)
1d 4 Apt Dwelling House (Sht 2)
No number 4 Apt Dwelling House (Sht 3)
2 King Roof Truss Carpentry (N)
3 Staircase with Details Carpentry, Joinery (N,P)
4 Open Well Staircase (Sht 1) Carpentry, Joinery (N,P)
5 Staircase Details (Sht 2) Carpentry, Joinery (N,P)
6 Timber Screen Carpentry, Joinery (N,P)
7 Screen and Door Details Carpentry, Joinery (N,P)
8 Casement Window and Plywood Lining Joinery, Plaster Work (P,U)
9 Window Opening Joinery (P)
10 Built Fitment Carpentry Work, Joinery Work (N,P)
11 Bracketting Carpentry Work, Plater Work (N,U)
12 Stone Work Brick Work (G)
13 Typical Brick Examples Brick Work (G)
14 Bottle Storage Room Excavation, Concrete Works (D,F,L)
15 Underpinning (a) (H,D,F,G)
16 Underpinning (b)
17 Reinforced Concrete Balcony Concrete Work (F
18 Concrete Garage Pit Excavation, Concrete Works (D,F,U,R)
19 Alteration Work Wall Linings, Joinery Work (U,P)

Accounting course notes
Construction Tutorial notes

Building Economics, Cost Planning and Cost in Use - Notes
Public Building Sheets 1 and 2

Worked Examples
3 Apt Detached Bungalow – Probable Cost
5 Apt Detached Bungalow – Probable Cost
4 Apt Detached Bungalow – Probable Cost
4 Shop Units and 4 Houses – Probable Cost
4 Apt House Loch Earn – Probable Cost
5 Apt House Loch Maree

Cost In Use – P A Stone (handwritten copy)
Cost Planning of Buildings – D J Terry (hand and type-written copy)
Building Economics – I Seeley (hand and type written copy)

EXAM PAPERS Part 1 1972 – Construction and Materials Papers A and B 18/5/1972 and 19/5/1972; Structural Design 22/5/1972; Public Health Services 23/5/1972; Land Surveying 24/5/1972; Economics 25/5/1972 and Principles of Law 26/5/1972. (7 Papers)
Exams Part 1 1971 Booklet
EXAM PAPERS Part 2 1973 – Law of Contract 18/5/1973; Environmental and Electrical Services 23/5/1973; Structural Design 24/5/1973; Construction and Materials Papers A and B 25/5/1973 and 28/5/1973; Public Health Services 29/5/1973; Quantity Surveying 30/5/1973 and Economics 31/5/1973. (8 papers)
Exams Part 2 1972 Booklet
EXAM PAPERS Part 3 1974 – Construction and Materials Papers A and B 21/5/1974 and 22/5/1974; Environmental Services 23/5/1974; Accountancy 24/5/1974 am; Specification 24/5/1974 pm; Law for Quantity Surveyors 27/5/1974; Quantity Surveying Papers A and B 28/5/1974 and 29/5/1974; Principles of Valuation 30/5/1974. (9 Papers)
Exams Part 2 1973 Booklet
EXAM PAPERS Part 4 1975 – Computer Studies 22/4/1975; Quantity Surveying Papers A and B 29/5/1975 and 30/5/1975; Economics and Cost Planning 2/6/1975; Professional Practice and Project Management 3/6/1975; Estimating and Price Analysis 4/6/1975; Arbitration and Committee Procedures 6/6/1975. (7 Papers)
Exams Part 4 1974 Booklet

William Moheiddeen speaks about his journey into university; his reasons for standing for Student Association President; the successful campaigns against the proposed merger of the higher educational institutions in Dundee; the benefits of university education to him in that campaign and his future career. His opinion on the benefits of university education and the need for widening access.

0.00 Interview starts
0.13 At first wanted to be a civil engineer (family expectations) but he enjoyed doing PE and ended up studying coaching and development
2.16 Getting experience at his old school, making students enjoy PE; got the opportunity to enrol at Abertay and started University in 2006
2.48 Why he became the president of the students association, to make the University better, to have an impact, provide better student experience; the story about the union building and the nice football atmosphere and how to improve it
4.51 Set up the society, joined the union and found out what the SA did
6.28 Possibility of providing more services for what students wanted, after getting a degree giving something back to the University and the students
6.40 Nice experiences of meeting people from all around the world and wanted to do something for them
7.07 Why he protested the merger, it was a collective reaction of executives and others to the idea of a forceful merger
8.58 Why Abertay was so important, distinct university with certain resources (its size, the community, the relationships between staff etc.)
10.37 Abertay as great at accommodating students from working class backgrounds and the need to celebrate and defend the university’s qualities
11.40 Keeping in touch with people he meet through Abertay (friends, work colleagues), social media very helpful as he moved all over Scotland
13.29 He was the captain of the Gaelic football club, very important experience
13.42 Lecturers who stood out for him, especially his dissertation supervisor (Andrea Cameron), emphatic, supportive and understanding
15.29 Skills developed in university not just as part of the degree, lecturers played an important role in his development as a person
16.13 How being the president of the SA helped him after university, still working with SAs, supporting others to change the society and the environment (students have a voice, make degree and the experience as a student better, get the needed support)
18.23 Why he began his speech in Gaelic, emphasize Abertay as a place for Gaelic speakers (not “othered” by other Scottish people) and for internationals to show the role of Gaelic (not just one way of being Scottish)
20.41 Abertay as helping him decide what he wants to do in life, story about his job as a butcher, wanting to be a bricklayer
22.58 Lecture about British political system in his first year, learning about politics as their future jobs will be funded by the government
24.58 Efforts put into defending the Abertay from merging (posters, good relationship with journalists, petitions); their petition getting international signatures (Australia, Indonesia) + story about the prime minister saying there won’t be a forced merger for Abertay, then moving towards building support for the university (new campaign)
29.40 March and rally with banner through Dundee, invited students and politicians

Jenny McNeill speaks about her experiences as one of the first nursing degree students at Dundee College of Technology in 1975, and her subsequent career.