The scenario
You have been employed by Grand Masters Plc to provide professional Quantity Surveying services for their residential housing development. GM have decided to adopt traditional procurement strategy as they intend to construct a typical high quality residential building. Copies of the design are attached to this brief.
Tasks
a) Produce a manual detailed take-off for the project in accordance with NRM2. Make allowance for a prime cost sum of £5,950 for M&E and provisional sum of £11,500 for external and security works. Your submission should include taking-off list, and query or assumption list. [50%]
b) Prepare a detailed bill of quantities for the construction of the house in accordance with NRM
- Your submission must include a preliminary bill (where only project details and maximum of 8 priced items to be considered) and the main building. You are required to use QS software or Ms Excel [20%].
c) Prepare a take-off using QS software for the substructure only. In not more than 200 words produce a reflective report on manual and software measurement (take-off) [15%].
Civil Measurement
a) Produce a manual detailed take-off for the concrete retaining wall in accordance with CESMM4 [15%].
Client:
Task 1 bart a Use the sheets to complete the work should be hand written not all the work some of it ●Taking-off list
●Manual taking off
●NRM2 Codes
●Assumptions
●Queries
●Waste Calculation
Taking-off list
•Preliminaries
•Substructure
•Superstructure
•External Walls
•Roof
•Flooring
•Finishes
•Windows and Doors
Substructure-Taking-off
●Excavation of topsoil
●Depositing in heaps
●Excavating trench
●Disposal of soil
●Concrete Foundation
●Brickwork
●Blockwork
●Forming Cavity
●Filling Cavity
●Hardcore filling
●Concrete bed
●Damp proof course
●Backfilling
●Reinstallation of topsoil/ topsoil backfilling
●Damp proof Membrane
●Damp proof upstand membrane
Superstructure : Taking-Off
●Brick work
●Blockwork
●Forming cavity
●Cavity insulation
●Damp proof course
●Cavity closure
●External opening
●Stairs
●Stairs balustrades
●Handrails
●Concrete works
●Partition walls
●Floor boards
●Timber flooring
●Floor joists and shutters
●Doors
●Windows
●Timber ceiling boards
●Plasterboards
●Wall plates
●Trusses and Rafters
●Ridge board
●Battens
●Fascia Board
●Berge board
●Soffit board
●Roof coverings
●Studs and Noggins
●Gutters
●Down water pipes
●Floor finishes
●Ceiling finishes
●Wall finishes
Task-1: Part B
Detailed bill of quantities for the construction of the house in accordance with NRM2
●Include a preliminary bill- Maximum8 priced items to be considered
●Preparing BOQ
●Using QS Pro or MS Excel
Task-1: Part C
Prepare a take-off using QS software for the substructure only. In not more than 200 words produce a reflective report on manual and software measurement (take-off)
•Substructure Taking-off using QS Pro (ONLY SUBSTRUCTURE…!!)
•Reflection report using between manual and QS pro taking off ( Max 200 words)
Task 2: CESSM
Produce a manual detailed take-off for the concrete retaining wall in accordance with CESMM4.
•Taking off list
•Manual taking off
•CESSM Codes
•Waste calculations
•Query sheet (If needed)
Sample Solution
