Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book

5. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-14869-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 126 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Routledge Pocket Books

The fifth edition of the Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book remains a must-have guide for students and qualified practitioners. Its focused coverage of the data, techniques and skills essential to the quantity surveying role makes it an invaluable companion for everything from initial cost advice to the final account stage.

Key features and updates included in this new edition:

- Examples of taking off quantities and estimating including cost planning

- Carbon accounting

- Procurement practice

- Ethical considerations

- Developments in digital construction

- The latest practice guidance notes and government publications

- Post-contract management

- Updates to the NRM1, NRM 2 and the JCT 2024

- The impact of the Building Safety Act

This text includes recommended formats for cost plans, developer’s budgets, financial reports, financial statements and final accounts. This is the ideal concise reference for quantity surveyors, project and commercial managers, and students of any of the above.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cartlidge, Duncan

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Massenermittlung, Aufmaß, Kostenplanung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The quantity surveyor and the construction industry 2. Forecasting costs and value 3. Measurement and quantification 4. Procurement 5. Pricing and tendering 6. Contract procedure, administration and organisation 7. Final account Useful links and contacts. Further reading. Useful measurement rules and conventions.  Index

Über Autor(innen)

Duncan Cartlidge FRICS is a Chartered Surveyor with extensive experience in the delivery and management of built assets, as well as providing education and training to a wide range of built environment professionals and contractors. He is the author of several best-selling books including Construction Project Manager’s Pocket Book, 3rd edition, and Estimator’s Pocket Book, 3rd edition, both published by Routledge.

www.duncancartlidgeonline.com