Managing measurement risk in building and civil engineering /
By: Williams, Peter.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2015Description: xxxvi, 577 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118561522 (pbk.); 9781118561522:; 111856152X (pbk.).Subject(s): Construction industry -- Materials -- Materials management | Construction industry -- Materials management | Civil engineering -- Measurement -- Risk assessment | Civil engineering | Building | Risk management | Measurement -- Risk assessmentDDC classification: 624.18| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Author Biography -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Addendum -- Part 1 : measurement in construction -- 1 : the role and purpose of measurement in construction -- 2 : measurement and design -- 3 : measurement conventions -- Part 2 : measurement risk -- 5 : new rules of measurement : NRM1 -- 6 : new rules of measurement : NRM2 -- 7 : civil engineering standard method of measurement -- 8 : method of measuremnt for highway works -- 9 : principles of measurement (international) -- Part 3 : measurement risk in contract control -- 10 : contract control strategies -- 11 : measurement cliams -- 12 : final accounts -- Part 4 : measurement case studies -- 13 : new rules of measurement : NRM1 -- 14 : new rules of measurement : NRM2 -- 15 : civil engineering standard method of measurement -- 16 : method of measurement for highway works -- 17 : principles of measurement (international) -- 18 : builders' quantities -- Index.
This publication offers quantity surveyors, engineers, building surveyors and contractors clear guidance on how to recognise and avoid measurement risk.