Author : Chen Wai-Fah
Nº. of Pages : 1698 pages
Monday, October 20, 2014
National Structural Code Of The Philippines
Author : ASEP (Association of Structural Engineers of The Philippines)
Nº. of Pages : 707 pages
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Estimating Building Costs
Author : Calin M. Popescu, Kan Phaobunjong, Nuntapong Ovararin
Nº. of Pages : 707 pages
Friday, October 10, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Estimating And Tendering For Construction Work
Author : Martin Brook
Nº. of Pages : 329 pages
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of figures
Abbreviations used in the text
1 Organization of the estimating function
2 Procurement paths
Introduction
Clients’ needs
Contractor involvement
Partnering
Apportionment of risk
Traditional method
Design and build
Management contracting
Construction management
Private finance initiative
3 Forms of contract
Introduction
Essentials of a valid construction contract
Standard forms of contract
Sub-contract forms
Comparison of forms
Selection of contract forms
4 Tender documentation
Introduction
Coordinated project information
CPI and the estimator
Documents used as the basis of a tender
Formal tender documents
5 Estimating methods
Introduction
Single-rate approximate estimating
Multiple-rate approximate estimating
Approximate quantities
Analytical estimating
Operational estimating
6 Contractor selection and decision to tender
Introduction
Competition and negotiation
Abuse of tendering procedures
Decision to tender
Inspection of tender documents
Competition legislation
7 Project appreciation
Introduction
Estimate timetable
Pricing strategy
Schedules
The estimating team
Visits to consultants and site
8 Enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors
Introduction
Enquiries for materials
Enquiries to sub-contractors
9 Tender planning and method statements
Introduction
The role of the planning engineer
Method statements
Tender programmes
10 Resource costs – labour, materials and plant
Introduction
Labour rates
Material rates
Plant rates
11 Unit rate pricing
Introduction
Contents
Components of a rate
Method of measurement
Pricing notes
Model rate and pricing examples
12 Sub-contractors and nominated suppliers
Introduction
Domestic sub-contractors
Nominated sub-contractors
Nominated suppliers
13 Fluctuations
Introduction
Standard fluctuations clauses
Calculation of non-recoverable increases
14 Provisional sums and dayworks
Introduction
Provisional sums for undefined work
Provisional sums for defined work
Dayworks
Overheads and profit
15 Project overheads
Introduction
Pricing project overheads
Pricing the preliminaries bill
Example of project overheads
16 Cashflow forecasts
Introduction
Cashflow calculations
Example of a contractor’s cashflow forecast
17 Completing the estimate and final tender review
Completing the estimate
Estimator’s report
Comments on Estimate Analysis form
Comments on Tender Summary form
Risks and opportunities
Overheads and profit
18 Tender submission and results
Introduction
Contents
Completion of priced bills
Tender presentation
Vetting of tenders
Post-tender negotiations and award
Tendering performance and analysis of results
Bidding strategy
19 Action with the successful tender
Introduction
Information transfer
Feedback
20 Computer-aided estimating
Introduction
Aims of computer-aided estimating
Software
Electronic exchange of information
Reverse auctions
Computer-aided estimating packages
General purpose software
Hardware
Networking
Implementation
The future
Further reading
Index
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Construction Calculations Manual
Author : Sydney M. Levy
Nº. of Pages : 690 pages
Full Document in PDF File Format l
Cover
Title Page
Foreword
Committee Members
Table of Contents
2006 Amendments
2006 Editorial Changes
Introduction
Section
1.10 General Code
Section
2.20 Scales
2.21 Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems
2.22 Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems
2.23 Weights
2.24 Automatic Weighing Systems
Section
3.30 Liquid-Measuring Devices
3.31 Vehicle-Tank Meters
3.32 Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices
3.33 Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices
3.34 Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Devices
3.35 Milk Meters
3.36 Water Meters
3.37 Mass Flow Meters
3.38 Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices
Section 4
4.40 Vehicle Tanks Used as Measures
4.41 Liquid Measures
4.42 Farm Milk Tanks
4.43 Measure-Containers
4.44 Graduates
4.45 Dry Measures
4.46 Berry Baskets and Boxes
Section 5
5.50 Fabric-Measuring Devices
5.51 Wire- and Cordage-Measuring Devices
5.52 Linear Measure
5.53 Odometers
5.54 Taximeters
5.55 Timing Devices
5.56.(a) Grain Moisture Meters
5.56.(b) Grain Moisture Meters
5.57 Near-Infrared Grain Analyzers
5.58 Multiple Dimension Measuring Devices
5.59 Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices – Tentative Code
Appendices
A Fundamental Considerations
B Units and Systems of Measurement
C General Tables of Units of Measurement.
D Definitions
Summary of HB-44 Requirements Becoming Effective in 2007
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