Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 13
List of figures......Page 14
Abbreviations used in the text......Page 17
1 Organization of the estimating function......Page 20
Introduction......Page 29
Clients' needs......Page 30
Contractor involvement......Page 31
Partnering......Page 32
Apportionment of risk......Page 33
Traditional method......Page 35
Design and build......Page 36
Management contracting......Page 38
Construction management......Page 40
Private finance initiative......Page 41
Essentials of a valid construction contract......Page 53
Standard forms of contract......Page 55
Sub-contract forms......Page 57
Comparison of forms......Page 62
Selection of contract forms......Page 63
Introduction......Page 65
Coordinated project information......Page 66
CPI and the estimator......Page 74
Documents used as the basis of a tender......Page 77
Formal tender documents......Page 80
Introduction......Page 85
Single-rate approximate estimating......Page 89
Multiple-rate approximate estimating......Page 90
Approximate quantities......Page 92
Analytical estimating......Page 97
Operational estimating......Page 101
Introduction......Page 104
Competition and negotiation......Page 105
Abuse of tendering procedures......Page 109
Decision to tender......Page 111
Inspection of tender documents......Page 114
Competition legislation......Page 115
Estimate timetable......Page 119
The estimating team......Page 122
Visits to consultants and site......Page 126
Introduction......Page 128
Enquiries for materials......Page 130
Enquiries to sub-contractors......Page 132
The role of the planning engineer......Page 136
Method statements......Page 137
Tender programmes......Page 138
Labour rates......Page 144
Material rates......Page 147
Plant rates......Page 149
Components of a rate......Page 151
Pricing notes......Page 153
Model rate and pricing examples......Page 154
Domestic sub-contractors......Page 195
Nominated sub-contractors......Page 202
Nominated suppliers......Page 203
Introduction......Page 204
Standard fluctuations clauses......Page 205
Calculation of non-recoverable increases......Page 207
Provisional sums for defined work......Page 211
Dayworks......Page 212
Overheads and profit......Page 215
Pricing project overheads......Page 218
Pricing the preliminaries bill......Page 221
Example of project overheads......Page 235
Cashflow calculations......Page 236
Example of a contractor's cashflow forecast......Page 238
Completing the estimate......Page 246
Comments on Estimate Analysis form......Page 248
Comments on Tender Summary form......Page 253
Risks and opportunities......Page 254
Overheads and profit......Page 256
Introduction......Page 259
Completion of priced bills......Page 260
Tender presentation......Page 262
Vetting of tenders......Page 264
Post-tender negotiations and award......Page 265
Tendering performance and analysis of results......Page 266
Bidding strategy......Page 270
Information transfer......Page 273
Feedback......Page 275
Introduction......Page 279
Aims of computer-aided estimating......Page 280
Software......Page 281
Electronic exchange of information......Page 282
Reverse auctions......Page 284
Computer-aided estimating packages......Page 286
General purpose software......Page 290
Hardware......Page 299
Networking......Page 302
Implementation......Page 304
The future......Page 305
Further reading......Page 310
B......Page 314
C......Page 315
E......Page 318
F......Page 319
I......Page 320
M......Page 321
N......Page 322
P......Page 323
R......Page 325
S......Page 326
T......Page 327
W......Page 329
