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    FIDEI POLYTECHNIC GBOKO, BENUE STATE

    DEPARTMENT OF QUANTITY SURVEYING

    LECTURE NOTE ON

    COURSE TITLE: MEASUREMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS I

    COURSE CODE: QUS 316

    LEVEL: HND I

    PREPARED BY

    TERNAM LUMO JUDE


    (B.TECH QUANTITY SURVEYING)
    INTRODUCTION
    It is considered desirable to begin by defining some of the terms that are extensively employed in
    the 'measurement' of civil engineering works, so that their meaning and purpose shall be
    generally understood.
     The term 'measurement' covers both
    1. 'Taking-off' dimensions by scaling or reading from drawings and entering them in a
    recognized form on specially ruled paper, called 'dimension paper'
    2. The actual measurement of the work as executed on the site.
     The term 'quantities' refers to the estimated amounts of civil engineering work required
    in each operation or activity, and together these items give the total requirements of the
    contract. These quantities are set down in a standard form on 'billing paper' which has
    been suitably ruled in columns, so that each item of work may be conveniently detailed
    with a description of the work, the probable quantity involved and a reference or coding.
     The billing paper also contains columns in which the contractor tendering for the
    particular job enters the rates and prices for each item of work. These prices, when added
    together, give the 'Contract Price' or 'Tender Sum'.
     Recognized 'units of measurement' are detailed in the Civil Engineering Standard
    Method of Measurement (CESMM), issued by the Institution of Civil Engineers. Most
    items are measured in metres, and may be cubic, square or linear. Some items such as
    structural steelwork and steel reinforcing rods or bars are measured by weight, in which
    case the tonnes will be the appropriate unit of measurement.
    The primary function of a 'bill of quantities' is to set down the various items of work in a logical
    sequence and recognized manner, so that they may be readily priced by contractors. The bill of
    quantities thus enables all contractors to tender on the same information. It also provides a good
    basis for the valuation of 'variations' resulting from changes in design as the work proceeds. A
    contractor will build up in detail a price for each item contained in the bill of quantities, allowing
    for the cost of the necessary labour, materials and possibly associated plant, together with the
    probable wastage on materials, and sometimes appropriate temporary work, establishment
    charges and profit. It is most important that each billed item should be so worded that there is no
    doubt at all in the mind of a contractor as to the nature and extent of the item that he is pricing.
    This is assisted by the new approach to measurement introduced by the CESMM, which ensures
    greater uniformity in the format and content of civil engineering bills of quantities.
    The bill of quantities backs up the contract documents, which normally consist of the conditions
    of contract, drawings and specification. The main function of the bill is to identify work and to
    enable prices to be entered against it?
    Score of civil engineering works
    Various works considered as civil engineering works include
     Bridges
     Dams
     Culverts
     Vast cutting and embankments
     Roads
     Railway tracks
     Tunneling
     Docks
     Sea walls
     Retaining walls
     Piling and heavy foundation
     Cofferdams
     Caissons
     Large mass of reinforced concrete
     Casting tower for power stations
     Laying pipes
     Structural engineering projects
    COMPARISM OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING ENGINEERING WORKS
    1. Civil engineering works are measured in accordance with Civil Engineering Standard
    Method of Measurement (CESMM) issued by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
    and Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors while building works are measured in
    accordance with Building Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (BESMM)
    issued by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and The Building
    Employers’ Confederation.
    2. Building work is more detail before preparation of Bill of Quantities (BOQ) but not so in
    civil engineering works. Details of building works are usually in a more precise stage at
    the time of preparing the BOQ that is not in the case of civil engineering works.
    3. Building works usually cover more section and in consequence subject to more detailed
    measurement.
    4. In absence of variation in design, most building works with exception of sub-structure,
    external walls, drainage, and fencing will not be subject to re-measurement.
    5. In a building contract, the BOQ will constitute a contract document whereas in civil
    engineering works in majority of cases, the specification will not; consequently the BOQ
    in a building contract will thereby be far more detailed with lengthier description than
    operating in civil engineering works.
    6. The measurement of building work involves larger number of measured items with small
    rates attached to it while civil engineering works involve small measure items with high
    rate attached to it.
    7. The contractor when pricing civil engineering works makes reference to specification
    which is not so in building work which is detailed
    8. Civil engineering works most items are under below ground and the greater risk of
    pricing than building works
    9. In building works large number of items are measured separately than in case of civil
    engineering works
    TYPICAL DESIGN OF BOQ
    BUILDING WORKS CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS
    1. Introduction to tender 1. List of principal quantities
     Description of work 2. Preambles
     Form of tender 3. Day work schedule
     Instruction to tender 4. Work item
    2. Article of agreement 5. Grand summary
    3. Condition of contract
    4. Bill of quantity
    5. Prime cost and Provisional sum
    6. Grand summary
    GENERAL ARRANGEMENT AND CONTENT OF CESSM
    The CESSM is divided into 8 sections

    Section 1: Definitions

    Section 2: General Principles

    Section 3: Application of work classification

    Section 4: Coding and Numbering items

    Section 5: Preparation of bill of quantities

    Section 6: Completion, pricing and use of the bill of quantities

    Section 7: Method related charges

    Section 8: Work Classification

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