Contents:
- Illustrated plan takeoff and measurements of a double garage.
- Scaled 3D building illustrations and drawings of the relevant Bill items and garage.
- Quantities and digital dimension sheet entries.
- Construction work items organized according to trades.
- Bills of Quantities for a detached double garage.
- Unpriced Bills of Quantities for material ordering, pricing and tendering.
Volume 1 of this book will give you a walkthrough of the estimating (quantity takeoff) process for a complete building plan [from Foundations to Superstructure]. Learn how to take off quantities for a proposed residential house or any type of dwelling, starting with excavations from the foundations to the roof, including external works (site clearing, drainage, boundary walls, landscaping and paving).
Volume 1 Quantity Takeoff:
- Preliminaries
- Earthworks
- Concrete Formwork and Reinforcement
- Masonry and Waterproofing.
See the quantities evolve as you build the house. Each phase of the building project has extensive illustrations and detailing to aid your visual comprehension of the building process, construction technology and materials which need to be quantified. This is a book for those who want to learn how to take off quantities quickly for any simple building without the help of a supervisor, tutor or lecturer. Clients, contractors, architects, engineers, estimators, quantity surveyors, property developers, cost accountants and students will find this book useful.
Challenges Addressed:
Old fashioned colleges and universities underestimate the importance of 3D architectural models when it comes to teaching quantity takeoff. If you can visualize a building in 3 dimensions, it helps you understand the construction method involved as well as the component items, how they are arranged and built with respect to another. You will grasp the construction order and schedule of activities that precede each other much faster than somebody who has no access to 3D models.
Bills of Quantities Covered:
Volume 1 of this book covers quantity takeoff for a garage.It's always good to start with simple structures such as a garage if you are learning estimating. Bills of quantities are laid out in building trades starting with Preliminaries, and followed by Earthworks, Concrete Formwork and Reinforcement, Masonry and Waterproofing.
In the BCIS Elemental Standard Form of Cost Analysis (SFCA) by RICS and ASTM Uniformat II Classification for Building Elements, these are Foundations, Ground Floor Construction, Structural Frame, External Envelope and Finishes, Floor Finishes and Internal Wall Finishes.
