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Managing measurement risk in building and civil engineering

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford John Wiley & Sons 2016ISBN:
  • 9781118561522
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 692.3
Partial contents:
The role and purpose of measurement -- Measurement and design -- Measurement conventions -- Approaches to measurement -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM1 -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM2 -- Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement -- Method of Measurement for Highway Works -- Principles of Measurement (International) -- Contract control strategies -- Measurement claims -- Final accounts -- Measurement case studies -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM1 -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM2 -- Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement -- Method of Measurement for Highway Works -- Principles of Measurement (International) -- Builders' quantities
Summary: Offers clear guidance on how to recognise and avoid measurement risk. The book recognises the interrelationship of measurement with complex contractual issues; emphasises the role of measurement in the entirety of the contracting process; and helps to widen the accessibility of measurement beyond the province of the professional quantity surveyor.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Book London Books 692.3 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30078863

The role and purpose of measurement -- Measurement and design -- Measurement conventions -- Approaches to measurement -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM1 -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM2 -- Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement -- Method of Measurement for Highway Works -- Principles of Measurement (International) -- Contract control strategies -- Measurement claims -- Final accounts -- Measurement case studies -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM1 -- New Rules of Measurement: NRM2 -- Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement -- Method of Measurement for Highway Works -- Principles of Measurement (International) -- Builders' quantities

Offers clear guidance on how to recognise and avoid measurement risk. The book recognises the interrelationship of measurement with complex contractual issues; emphasises the role of measurement in the entirety of the contracting process; and helps to widen the accessibility of measurement beyond the province of the professional quantity surveyor.