Research and Markets: Planning, Measurement and Control for Building: An Essential Guide to the Different Stages of Building

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/41eb72/planning_measurem) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Planning, Measurement and Control for Building" to their offering.

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.

Key Topics Covered:

Building contracts.

- The building contract.

- Contractor's overheads.

- Contracts.

- Client Management Contracts.

The design team.

- Client.

- Architect.

- Consultants.

The construction team.

- Trades.

- Why does history remember the designers?.

- The on-site team.

Stages of design.

- Choosing an architect.

- Feasibility stage.

- Pre-construction period.

- Tender documentation.

Costings.

- Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works.

- Centre line calculations.

- Walls in facings, half brick thickness.

- Bill of quantities.

- Tendering.

- Estimating.

- Mensuration.

- Areas.

Stages of construction.

- Production.

- Insurance.

- Arranging utilities.

- Local Authority licences.

- Informing the HSE (Health and Safety Executive).

- Suppliers.

- Planning.

- Bar charts.

- Programme management software.

- Procurement of materials.

- Plant.

- Site production.

- Quality of materials and workmanship.

Acts and regulations.

- Who actually puts the rules together in the first place and why?.

- Health and environmental laws fromWilliam I to Charles II.

Speculative housing.

- Rayleigh Road project.

- The planning application procedure.

- Full planning permission.

- Full plans.

- LANTAC.

- What are Building Regulations?.

- PartyWall Act.

- Stages of building control.

Shop refit.

- The project.

- Planning application.

A prestigious commercial development.

- Why demolish old buildings and erect another building in its place?.

- Inception for Ropemaker.

- Stage 1: A second feasibility study.

- Stage 2: A new planning proposal.

- Costings.

- Pricing the contract: 'taking off' and 'bills of quantities'.

- Pre-contract planning.

- Site set-up.

- The ground works.

- Health and Safety on and off site.

- Planning.

- Critical paths.

- On-site planning.

- Topping out.

Author:

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 35 years experience in the construction industry in building trades, surveying, representitive and teaching roles.

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