Building Quantities Explained (Building and Surveying Series, 32)

A long established text that aims to meet the needs of students studying building measurement in the early years of quantity surveying and building degree courses. It contains a careful selection of 28 worked examples embracing all the principal building elements and including alternative constructional methods to illustrate a range of approaches. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii General Introduction....Pages 1-15 Measurement Procedures....Pages 16-36 Mensuration Applications....Pages 37-50 Groundwork and Foundations....Pages 51-75 Brick and Block Walling....Pages 76-103 Fires, Flues, Vents and Stone Walling....Pages 104-116 Floors and Partitions....Pages 117-143 Pitched and Flat Roofs....Pages 144-191 Internal Finishes....Pages 192-215 Windows....Pages 216-238 Doors....Pages 239-260 Staircases and Fittings....Pages 261-271 Water, Heating and Waste Services....Pages 272-295 Electrical Services....Pages 296-304 Drainage Work....Pages 305-329 External Works....Pages 330-343 Bill Preparation and Production....Pages 344-378 Back Matter....Pages 379-406 This text adopts a methodical approach to the process of planning and control exercised by the contractor during the pre-tender, pre-contract and construction phases of projects through the application of various planning techniques to a number of case studies. Weatherhead aims to point up the importance of real estate, not in isolation but as an integral part of corporate strategy. Specific features such as tenures and obsolescence are addressed and there are case studies to illustrate contemporary practice This is an introductory text to facilities management, with two chapters added, covering property portfolio management and practical case studies. It also stresses the role of IT to make facilities management an immediate manager's tool. This text aims to meet the needs of students studying building measurement in the early years of quantity surveying and building degree courses. 27 worked examples embracing all the principal building elements are included.