Level 1 Flashcards
Knowing
What does NRM stand for?
New Rules of Measurement
What is NRM used for?
Provides a standard set of measurement rules for estimating, cost planning, procurement and whole life costing for construction projects. It enables standardisation and consistency for measuring data in the industry.
What are the different stages of cost planning?
Stage 0 Strategic definition Rough order of cost estimate
Stage 1 Preparation and briefing Order of cost estimate (option costs)
Stage 2 Concept design Elemental cost estimate
Stage 3 - spatial coordination Formal cost plan 1, 2, 3(to stage 4)
Stage 4 technical design Pre-tender estimate
Pricing documents
Post tender estimate
Formal cost plan 4 (renew/maintain)
What are the estimating methods for order of cost estimates. What additional elements of the costs do you allow for in addition to the estimating methods?
Floor area method
Functional unit method (per bed)
Elemental method (individual elements)
preliminaries
ohh
project and design team fees
project costs
risk allowances
inflation
vat
How to calculate OH&P
Percentage addition based on preliminaries, building works estimate and percentages of mains contractors hop
What I benchmarking?
process of improvement over time aimed at providing Bette value for Monet or systematic method of comparing the performance of an organisation against another organisation using lessons from the most appropriate data to make targeted improvements.
What is a variation / change in the JCT contract?
A change is the the alteration or modification of the design, quantity or quality of the Works
Imposition by the employer of obligations or restrictions or the addition to or alteration or omission of any obligations or restrictions. (Access to site, specific parts of site, limitations on working space or hours, carrying out work in a specific order and create changes in condition or character of work.
Alteration or modification of design of CDP works
Issuing an instruction requiring addition or omission or change from the works
How to value a change or variation? -
JCT IC Without Quants
JCT IC CD
JCT IC Without Quants Contractor requested to submit a quotation for agreement prior to actioning an instruction.
With design arch/CA agree a price prior to contractor carrying out additional work. If agreement cannot be reached the CA shall value variation on fair and reasonable basis including any direct loss and expense incurred by contractor.
What are the valuation rules under the JCT IBC with CD?
Similar work - values consistent with CSA
Not similar work then - values from CSA used as basis then due allowance (fair valuation) for change in quantity or conditions
Daywork - work which cannot be properly valued by measurement
Contractors quotation
What sort of variations may give rise to a change?
Change of material
Method of working / fixing
Change of background of other work
Changes in conditions - access constraints, seasonal variation
Considerations to valuing a change under a provisional sum includes:
Access equipment
Insurances
Attendance
Hired plant and small tools
Temp power and water
waste
Safety
document control
out of hours working
subject to a defined provisional sum in which case due allowance for preliminaries have been made in contract already.
Potential duplication with preliminaries resources that have already been valued for variations under adjacent works
What sort of variations would be valued on daywork?
Emergency works
Cleaning and clearance operations
testing
repair and reinstatement of damage
opening up works in accordance with contract
