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INTRODUCTION TO
CONSTRUCTION
MEASUREMENT
 DEFINITION - CONSTRUCTION

A multitasking activity which

involves building or assembly
of any infrastructure, by a large
number of labourers & skilled
tradesmen, and managed by the
construction manager, project
manager, design engineer or
project architect
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 Complex Technology Residential Specialised work

CHARACTER Strict law CLASSIFICATION

Multidiscipline Labour Non-residential
intensive Civil engineering
Temporary work
organisation
Constructio
Clients / Owners
n Industry
Q4 2019

Designers Financiers

PEOPLE INVOLVED
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Consultants Contractors
NATIONAL ECONOMY
 DESIGN TEAM

Project
Client Architect
manager

• Lead consultant
• Project owner • Represents the (normally but not
• A person or an client always)
organisation • Make decisions • Design, monitor
• Government or on behalf of the the construction
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private client process, certify
progress work
 QUANTITY
SURVEYOR
DESIGN TEAM

Engineer
Engineer
(Mechanical &
(Civil & Structural)
Electrical)

• Monitor the • Prepare layout • A professional

special works plan, working within
like fire fighting, specification & the constructio
electrical works related n
and all other documents with industry concer
5 services works civil & structural ned with
for the project works construction
costs and
contracts
 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

• Activities involved in
Pre contract tendering process
stage prior to award of the
project

• Process of the post

Post contract contract involved the
stage construction process
6 until handover to the
client
 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS:
QS ROLES &
RESPONSIBILITES
Pre contract Post contract
stage stage
Cost estimate Prepare contract
document
Project budget
Manage project
Advise client on cost
BILLS OF design & project
QUANTITIES cost
Interim valuation &
Prepare tender progress payment
document
Evaluate of Variation order
7 tenders and
preparation of
tender reports Final account
 Lesson in
Introduction to
Construction
Measurement

Scope of
works of QS in
pre and post
contract stage
Knowledge of
other courses
related to the
Introduction to
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Construction
measurement
 Why do we need to
knowledgeable and competent
in construction measurement ?

To interpret drawings by
architects & engineers into
quantities of materials & work

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Prepare BILLS OF QUANTITIES
 WHAT IS ‘BILLS OF
QUANTITIES’?

• BQ is a document or book containing a

list of all the work items in a project
complete with quantities
• Contains detailed information about the
type, nature and quantities of the finished
work in construction
• The formalised BQ were introduced in the
10 UK as early in 1975
PREPARATION OF BILLS OF QUANTITIES
Stage 2 Stage 4
Prepare taking off list Squaring

Stage 1 Stage 3
Received drawings Take off quantities
Stage 5
and record Check Squaring

Stage 8 Stage 6
Stage 7
Typing Check Quantities
Editing Stage 12
Binding

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Stage 9
Check Typing Stage 10 Stage 11
Printing Shuffling & Arranging
 Construction Building
Technology Services

Construction Cost
Measurement Studies

Area of
knowledge
Law & required for Professional
Contract preparation of Practice
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TENDER
DOCUMENT
 Building Construction
Services Mathematics

Construction Construction
Technology Area of Measurement
knowledge
required for
MEASUREMENT
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 Building
Mechanical
works
Engineering
Civil
External engineering
work works
Building
Construction Services
Technology

Site Temporary
preparation works Electrical
Engineering
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Earthwork
 WHY MEASURE ?
Unit
m, m2, m3,
kg, tonne,
To know the quantity number
of material

Component of Quantity
measurement Length,
Area,
Volume,
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Weight
 MOVING FORWARD
Very important for quantity surveyors to know
how to read interpret drawings and have thorough
knowledge and understanding of construction
technology and building services before you can
proceed with measurement and costing

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