DCM3601 Documentation III

Question 1

Prime Cost (or PC) Item

Answer 1

A sum fixed by the engineer and entered in the SofQ as the net sum provided to cover the cost of specific goods or materials to be supplied under the contract.

Question 2

Provisional Sum

Answer 2

A sum of money fixed by the engineer and entered in the SofQ to provide for work not defined at the tender stage and includes any allowance specifically made for unforeseen contingencies.

Question 3

Contract Price

Answer 3

The value of the completed works covered by the contract as distinct from the price tendered for the works. It is determined by applying the unit rates tendered to the quantities of work measured on site as actually carried out.

Question 4

Extra over (or EQ)

Answer 4

Quantifies an operation (or combination of operations) which is common in a varying degree to a number of other operations and which is scheduled once as “extra over” those other operations in order to avoid a multiplicity of items each reflecting the degree to which the common operation applies.

Question 5

Temporary work

Answer 5

That portion of the works constructed on site which will be destroyed or abandoned on completion of the contract.

Question 6

Construction plant

Answer 6

That machinery and equipment brought to site for the purpose of construction and which will be removed or abandoned on completion of the contract.

Question 7

Daywork

Answer 7

The method of valuing work on the basis of the time spent by the workmen, the materials used and the plant employed.

Question 8

Booking

Answer 8

The writing onto dimension paper of dimensions read off a drawing

Question 9

Dimension paper

Answer 9

A recognized form of ruled paper with vertical divisions that are suitable for booking dimensions

Question 10

Measurement

Answer 10

The taking-off of dimensions from drawings; also, the act of measuring the quantity of work done on the site

Question 11

Measurement paper

Answer 11

A standard paper adapted from dimension paper to suit civil engineering requirements

Question 12

Squaring

Answer 12

Multiply a series of dimensions to obtain a product and, if necessary, multiply the first product by the number of times those dimensions are repeated until a final product is obtained

Question 13

Taking-off

Answer 13

The booking of dimensions, squaring them and summarising the final products and the other items in such a manner that the SofQ or a measurement certificate can be produced with ease

Question 14

Timesing

Answer 14

An entry booked on a sheet of measurement paper to indicate the repetition of a group of dimensions and also the multiplying of a product by the number of times those dimensions are repeated

Question 15

Waste

Answer 15

The part of a sheet of dimension paper that is used for waste calculations

Question 16

Waste calculations

Answer 16

The preliminary arithmetic that is needed to determine dimensions that can be entered in the 2nd and 6th columns of dimension paper or the 3rd column of measurement paper, as applicable