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Quantity Surveying course materials of Harry Diack
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Quantity Surveying course materials of Harry Diack

  • GB 3516 HD
  • Fonds
  • 1956-1979

Course drawings and quantity specifications comprising the worked examples; professional standards, guidance, standard forms etc, and coursework.

Dundee College of Technology

Preparation of an Operational Bill

Description of the methods used to produce an Operational Bill, with a discussion of the difference between this and normal quantity surveying practice.

Written by E. R. Skoyles, ARICS, AIQS.
Published by the Building Research Station, Ministry of Public Building and Works.

E. R. Skoyles

Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works – 5th Edition.

Referred to as SMM5. Provides detailed information, classification tables and rules for measuring building works. Its intention is to give a uniform basis for measuring building works in order to facilitate industry wide consistency and benchmarking, to encourage the adoption of best practice and to help avoid disputes.

Published by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, sixth edition.

This standard was used throughout the duration of Harry Diack's Quantity Surveying course at the Dundee College of Technology.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

The Decision to Build

Handbook looking at the application of discounting to the decision process in building, and the techniques of Cost-In-Use, Private Investment Appraisal, and Cost benefit Analysis and how and when they are applied.

Published by the Ministry of Public Building and Works.

Ministry of Public Building Works

Conditions of Contract and Forms of Tender, Agreement and Bond for Works of Civil Engineering Construction

Provides standard conditions of contract and forms of tender, agreement and bond to be applied in connection with civil engineering construction works.

Published by The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Association of Consulting Engineers, and The Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, fourth edition (amended).

Institution of Civil Engineers

Worked Example Files

Folders of worked example paperwork. The final folder also contains course exam papers and text books.

The worked examples are split into course years, with each providing a drawing for an aspect of a building, and a corresponding set of specifications and quantities. They are typed, in the majority of cases, however some are hand written, and include all calculations to demonstrate how quantities were calculated for inclusion in Bills of Quantities for issue to Contractors for tendering purposes and preparation of Final Accounts.

Dundee College of Technology

File 4 - Second Year Quantity Surveying

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)

Dundee College of Technology

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