Planning, measurement and control for building

Title:

Personal Author:

Cooke, Robert

Publication Information:

Chichester, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Physical Description:

xvi, 264 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9781405191395

Subject Term:

Building -- Superintendence

Construction industry -- Planning

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Planning, Measurement and Control for Building is a companion to Building in the 21st Century, providing an up-to-date and easy to read overview of the processes by which building projects are planned, their costs and materials estimated and the building work controlled - the 'paperwork side' of construction. Students on National Award, Certificate or Diploma courses in Construction will find this volume very useful as they study for the measurement, planning, building control and technology units of those courses.

With many colour photographs and diagrams, the book focuses on construction as a team effort and shows how various elements of design, estimating, tendering, and building contracts combine to enable these teams to work together to plan and organise construction projects that meet the needs of clients. The book covers a range of relevant topics in some detail, for example the basics of 'taking off' and the use of 'dim' paper, the building regulations and surveying processes. Common terms and abbreviations are explained and put into context throughout the book. The coverage is completed by discussing three very different projects, including inception to topping out of a prestigious office development, illustrating how all of the technical aspects of design and legislation are put into place on real projects.

Author Notes

Robert Cooke is currently a lecturer at Barking College in the School of the Built Environment, teaching construction students from GCSE through to BTEC/Edexcel Higher National Certificate. He has over 40 years experience in the construction industry in building trades, surveying, sales and teaching roles.

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Websites and further reading	p. xv
1 Building contracts	p. 1
1.1 The building contract	p. 2
1.2 Contractor's overheads	p. 6
1.3 Contracts	p. 7
1.4 Client Management Contracts	p. 11
2 The design team	p. 13
2.1 Client	p. 14
2.2 Architect	p. 14
2.3 Consultants	p. 20
Private quantity surveyor (PQS)	p. 20
Structural engineer	p. 26
Building services engineer	p. 27
Fire engineers	p. 28
3 The construction team	p. 31
3.1 Trades	p. 32
Masons	p. 32
Carpenters	p. 36
Plasterers	p. 39
Plumbers	p. 40
Electricians	p. 41
Glaziers	p. 41
Groundworkers	p. 44
Painters	p. 46
Roof tilers	p. 47
Scaffolders	p. 48
Steel fixers	p. 49
3.2 Why does history remember the designers?	p. 50
3.3 The on-site team	p. 50
Site managers and project co-ordinators	p. 51
Planners	p. 52
Buyers	p. 53
Accounts department	p. 53
4 Stages of design	p. 55
4.1 Choosing an architect	p. 58
The selection process	p. 58
Considering an architect as the lead consultant	p. 60
4.2 Feasibility stage	p. 61
Strategic briefing	p. 62
4.3 Pre-construction period	p. 62
Outline proposals	p. 63
Detailed proposals	p. 63
Final proposals	p. 63
Production information	p. 64
4.4 Tender documentation	p. 64
5 Costings	p. 67
5.1 Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works	p. 68
5.2 Centre line calculations	p. 74
5.3 Walls in facings, half brick thickness	p. 79
5.4 Bill of quantities	p. 82
5.5 Tendering	p. 84
5.6 Estimating	p. 88
Unit cost	p. 88
Net cost	p. 88
All-in hourly rates	p. 88
All-in rate	p. 89
Unit rates	p. 89
5.7 Mensuration	p. 90
5.8 Areas	p. 90
Areas of rectangles including squares	p. 90
Areas of circles	p. 91
Surface areas of a sphere	p. 92
Areas of triangles	p. 92
Areas of parallelograms	p. 94
Trigonometry	p. 94
Areas of polygons	p. 97
6 Stages of construction	p. 99
6.1 Production	p. 100
6.2 Insurance	p. 101
6.3 Arranging utilities	p. 105
Water	p. 105
Electricity	p. 106
Sewage	p. 107
Drainage	p. 107
Telecoms	p. 107
Cable communications	p. 108
6.4 Local Authority licences	p. 108
6.5 Informing the HSE (Health and Safety Executive)	p. 108
6.6 Suppliers	p. 109
6.7 Planning	p. 109
6.8 Bar charts	p. 110
6.9 Programme management software	p. 114
6.10 Procurement of materials	p. 114
6.11 Plant	p. 115
6.12 Site production	p. 117
6.13 Quality of materials and workmanship	p. 119
7 Acts and regulations	p. 125
7.1 Who actually puts the rules together in the first place and why?	p. 126
What are the Houses of Parliament?	p. 127
7.2 Health and environmental laws from William I to Charles II	p. 128
The birth of modem day insurance	p. 129
Why did King Charles II ask Christopher Wren to re-design London? Or did he?	p. 130
Enter the 'Industrial Revolution'	p. 131
Where does all of this fit in with Acts and Regulations?	p. 132
The living hell	p. 133
With more trade came more disease	p. 135
The 'Great Stink' 136 Why was the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 brought about?	p. 138
The birth of the Building Regulations	p. 138
A major re-write	p. 140
The price of oil	p. 147
Computers in industry	p. 148
Town and Country Planning Act revisions	p. 151
8 Speculative housing	p. 153
8.1 Rayleigh Road project	p. 154
8.2 The planning application procedure	p. 163
Stage 1 [Receipt]	p. 163
Stage 2 (Registration)	p. 163
Stage 2 (Registration)	p. 163
Stage 3 (Appraisal)	p. 163
Stage 4 (Decision)	p. 165
8.3 Full planning permission	p. 165
8.4 Full plans	p. 166
8.5 LANTAC	p. 167
8.6 What are Building Regulations?	p. 167
8.7 Party Wall Act 1996	p. 168
8.8 Stages of building control	p. 168
9 Shop refit	p. 179
9.1 The project	p. 181
9.2 lanning application	p. 182
10 A prestigious commercial development	p. 193
10.1 Why demolish old buildings and erect another building in its place?	p. 194
10.2 Inception for Ropemaker	p. 194
10.3 Stage 1: A second feasibility study	p. 196
Planning permission	p. 197
10.4 Stage 2: A new planning proposal	p. 197
The new concept design	p. 198
The importance of light	p. 200
The green issues	p. 201
The contracts	p. 206
10.5 Costings	p. 213
Calculating the approximate costing	p. 213
10.6 Pricing the contract: 'taking off' and 'bills of quantities'	p. 215
Preliminary estimating stage	p. 215
Concept stage	p. 216
Scheme design stage	p. 217
10.7 Pre-contract planning	p. 218
10.8 Site set-up	p. 220
The solution	p. 221
Site accommodation	p. 225
The ground works	p. 233
Health and Safety on and off site	p. 235
Health, Safety and Welfare at Work Act 1974	p. 235
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992	p. 235
Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992	p. 236
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (Management Regulations)	p. 236
Work Place (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992	p. 238
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)	p. 238
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)	p. 239
Work at Height Regulations 2005	p. 239
Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (Display Screen Regulations)	p. 240
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM Regs)	p. 241
Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981	p. 242
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)	p. 243
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)	p. 243
Working Time Directive and Working Time Regulations 1998	p. 243
Personal Protective Equipment Work Regulations 1992	p. 244
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals) 2007	p. 244
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989	p. 245
Noise at Work Regulations 1989 (NWR)	p. 245
10.11 Planning	p. 247
10.12 Critical paths	p. 249
10.13 On-site planning	p. 252
10.14 Topping out	p. 254
Index	p. 257

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