Quantification and Costing

Question 1

Questions
What is your understanding of the ICMS?

Answer 1

ICMS provides a high-level structure and format for classifying, defining, measuring, recording, analysing and presenting life cycle costs and carbon emissions associated with construction projects and constructed assets.

Question 2

What measure standards are you aware of?

Answer 2

• NRM
• IPMS
• Code of measuring practice

Question 3

What do you know about IPMS

Answer 3

IPMS are divided into three (3) fundamentally different groupings as shown below:
1. IPMS 1 and IPMS 2 are external and internal measurements respectively for the whole or part of a Building.

2. IPMS 3.1 and IPMS 3.2 are external and internal measurements respectively required for exclusive occupation.
3. IPMS 4.1 and IPMS 4.2 are internal measurements required for selected areas respectively including Internal Walls and Columns and excluding External Walls and Columns

Question 4

What is the difference between imps and code of measuring practice?

Answer 4

Unlike the Code of Measurement Practice – IPMS contains separate measurement rules for different classes of buildings. Currently the classes covered by IPMS are;

Residential
Offices
Retail and
Industrial

Question 5

What do you know are NRM?

Answer 5

• provides a standard set of measurement rules and essential guidance for the cost management of construction projects and maintenance works
• Comes in three volumes

Question 6

Can you tell me what the three volumes of NRM are and what are there uses?

Answer 6

• NRM 1: Order of cost estimating and cost planning for capital building works
• NRM 2: Detailed measurement for building works
• NRM 3: Order of cost estimating and cost planning for building maintenance works

Question 7

What is the internal dominant face?

Answer 7

Surface comprising more than 50% of the surface area for each vertical section forming an internal perimeter

Question 8

On your Victoria place project, you mention about pricing the structural steel works, what considerations did you make when costing?

Answer 8

• I considered the quantity and sized of the steel.
• Location of the steels
• Fixings required.
• Access
• Duration
• Fire protection requirements

Question 9

On the Meadowcroft project, how did you go about costing for the rebar for the pile of the foundations?

Answer 9

I used a rebar factor of 125kg/m3 of concrete base information provided by the structural engineer

Question 10

On Linwood Crescent why did you advise the client on the bill of approximate quantities?

Answer 10

By opting to provide Approx Quantity it passes the onerous onto the contractor to review the drawings and ensure the quantities are accurate can also be use to value variations on the project