000			01719cab a2200265 4500
001			ABS68677
008			050128n2005 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u128655
100			_aMitchell, H.
245			_aOpening Pandora's box - the method of measurement for highway works (MMHM): Part 8 - in the beginning
260			_c2005
490			_aCivil Engineering Surveyor _v December 2004-January 2005, 37-39(3)
520			_aDescribes the use of preliminary clauses in construction, which serve as a general introduction to the bill of quantities. Comments that in building contracts they describe the work in general, provide information on the contractor's obligations and restrictions imposed by the employer. They often also provide provision for the costing of items which do not form part of the permanent works, such as site offices. Compares the different approaches of CESMM and MMHW to measuring these costings. Illustrates the problem of a preliminaries rogue item with an example involving temporary works. Suggests describing such an item in general terms and following the layout, unit of measurement, wording and phrases of the published method of measurement. (See also Abs67770, Abs67769, Abs67964, Abs68163, Abs68280, Abs68473).
590			_aABS
650			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-QUANTITY SURVEYING-METHOD OF MEASUREMENT FOR HIGHWAY WORKS
650			_aHIGHWAY ENGINEERING
650			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-QUANTITY SURVEYING-CIVIL ENGINEERING STANDARD METHOD OF MEASUREMENT
650			_aMETHODS OF MEASUREMENT
650			_aCIVIL ENGINEERING
650			_aPRELIMINARIES
650			_aBILLS OF QUANTITIES
650			_aMMRW
690			_aQuantity surveying _96263
942			_n0
999			_c74774 _d74774