Estimating and tendering for construction work / Martin Brook.

By: Brook, Martin [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business, [2017]Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138838062 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Building -- Estimates | Letting of contractsDDC classification: 692/.5 LOC classification: TH435 | .B822 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Organization of the estimating function -- Procurement paths -- Formal tender documentation -- Contractor selection and decision to tender -- Project appreciation and enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors -- Estimating methods -- Design to cost -- Tenders with cost planning -- Quantification for estimating -- Tender planning and method statements -- Resource costs : labour, materials and plant -- Unit rate pricing -- Sub-contractors and market testing -- Risk, opportunities and inflation -- Provisional sums and dayworks -- Preliminaries -- Cash flow forecasts -- Completing the estimate and tender settlement -- Tender submission and results -- Action with the successful tender -- Computer-aided estimating.
Summary: "Estimators need to understand the consequences of entering into a contract, often defined by complex conditions and documents, as well as to appreciate the technical requirements of the project. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work, 5th edition, explains the job of the estimator through every stage, from early cost studies to the creation of budgets for successful tenders.... With the majority of projects procured using design-and-build contracts, this edition explains the contractor's role in setting costs, and design statements, to inform and control the development of a project's design."--Back cover.
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About the Author

Martin Brook has over 39 years? experience as a contractor?s estimator and lecturer teaching pre-contract studies to technician and undergraduate construction courses. He is currently Cost Planning Consultant at Carillion Construction working with teams tendering for design and build, PPP projects and partnering contracts. His experience extends to tendering for construction projects in the UK, the Middle East and Canada. He was responsible for writing the 6th edition of the CIOB Code of Estimating Practice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Organization of the estimating function --
Procurement paths --
Formal tender documentation --
Contractor selection and decision to tender --
Project appreciation and enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors --
Estimating methods --
Design to cost --
Tenders with cost planning --
Quantification for estimating --
Tender planning and method statements --
Resource costs : labour, materials and plant --
Unit rate pricing --
Sub-contractors and market testing --
Risk, opportunities and inflation --
Provisional sums and dayworks --
Preliminaries --
Cash flow forecasts --
Completing the estimate and tender settlement --
Tender submission and results --
Action with the successful tender --
Computer-aided estimating.

"Estimators need to understand the consequences of entering into a contract, often defined by complex conditions and documents, as well as to appreciate the technical requirements of the project. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work, 5th edition, explains the job of the estimator through every stage, from early cost studies to the creation of budgets for successful tenders.... With the majority of projects procured using design-and-build contracts, this edition explains the contractor's role in setting costs, and design statements, to inform and control the development of a project's design."--Back cover.

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