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Estimating and Tendering for
Construction Work
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ESTIMATING AND
TENDERING FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK
Third edition
Martin Brook
BEng(Tech) FCIOB
AMSTERDAM BOSTON HEIDELBERG LONDON NEW YORK OXFORD PARIS
SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP
200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803
First published 1993
Second edition 1998
Reprinted 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
Third edition 2004
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Contents
Preface
ix
Acknowledgements
xii
List of figures
xiii
Abbreviations used in the text
xvi
1 Organization of the estimating function
1
2 Procurement paths
10
Introduction
10
Clients’ needs
11
Contractor involvement
12
Partnering
13
Apportionment of risk
14
Traditional method
16
Design and build
17
Management contracting
19
Construction management
21
Private finance initiative
22
3 Forms of contract
34
Introduction
34
Essentials of a valid construction contract
34
Standard forms of contract
36
Sub-contract forms
38
Comparison of forms
43
Selection of contract forms
44
4 Tender documentation
46
Introduction
46
Coordinated project information
47
CPI and the estimator
55
Documents used as the basis of a tender
58
Formal tender documents
61v
5 Estimating methods
66
Introduction
66
Single-rate approximate estimating
70
Multiple-rate approximate estimating
71
Approximate quantities
73
Analytical estimating
78
Operational estimating
82
6 Contractor selection and decision to tender
85
Introduction
85
Competition and negotiation
86
Abuse of tendering procedures
90
Decision to tender
92
Inspection of tender documents
95
Competition legislation
96
7 Project appreciation
100
Introduction
100
Estimate timetable
100
Pricing strategy
103
Schedules
103
The estimating team
103
Visits to consultants and site
107
8 Enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors
109
Introduction
109
Enquiries for materials
111
Enquiries to sub-contractors
113
9 Tender planning and method statements
117
Introduction
117
The role of the planning engineer
117
Method statements
118
Tender programmes
119
10 Resource costs – labour, materials and plant
125
Introduction
125
Labour rates
125
Material rates
128
Plant rates
130
11 Unit rate pricing
132
Introduction
132
Contents
vi
Components of a rate
132
Method of measurement
134
Pricing notes
134
Model rate and pricing examples
135
12 Sub-contractors and nominated suppliers
176
Introduction
176
Domestic sub-contractors
176
Nominated sub-contractors
183
Nominated suppliers
184
13 Fluctuations
185
Introduction
185
Standard fluctuations clauses
186
Calculation of non-recoverable increases
188
14 Provisional sums and dayworks
192
Introduction
192
Provisional sums for undefined work
192
Provisional sums for defined work
192
Dayworks
193
Overheads and profit
196
15 Project overheads
199
Introduction
199
Pricing project overheads
199
Pricing the preliminaries bill
202
Example of project overheads
216
16 Cashflow forecasts
217
Introduction
217
Cashflow calculations
217
Example of a contractor’s cashflow forecast
219
17 Completing the estimate and final tender review
227
Completing the estimate
227
Estimator’s report
229
Comments on Estimate Analysis form
229
Comments on Tender Summary form
234
Risks and opportunities
235
Overheads and profit
237
18 Tender submission and results
240
Introduction
240
Contents
vii
Completion of priced bills
241
Tender presentation
243
Vetting of tenders
245
Post-tender negotiations and award
246
Tendering performance and analysis of results
247
Bidding strategy
251
19 Action with the successful tender
254
Introduction
254
Information transfer
254
Feedback
256
20 Computer-aided estimating
260
Introduction
260
Aims of computer-aided estimating
261
Software
262
Electronic exchange of information
263
Reverse auctions
265
Computer-aided estimating packages
267
General purpose software
271
Hardware
280
Networking
283
Implementation
285
The future
286
Further reading
291
Index
295
Contents
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