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This article describes in detail the tender process for construction projects.   Introduction   A tender is a submission made by a prospective supplier in response to an invitation to tender (ITT). It makes an offer for the supply of goods or services.   An invitation to tender might be

The New Rules of Measurement (NRM) are published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS).   They provide a standard set of measurement rules for estimating, cost planning, procurement and whole-life costing for construction projects.   Adopting a standard methodology such as NRM facilitates consistency and benchmarking and helps

  A bill of quantities or take off is a document prepared by a Quantity Surveyor or Estimator, the advantages of a bill of quantities or take off are enormous.   IT provides project-specific measured quantities of the items identified by drawings and specifications in the tender documentation.   A

Preparing a bill of quantities can be a time consuming and tedious task. The BoQ can be prepared elementally or in works packages, by a process of ‘taking off’. This involves identifying elements of construction works that can be measured and priced.   Bills of quantities are most useful to

BoQ Bill of Quantities – What does it mean? Bill of Quantities – What does it mean?: The BoQ is a document prepared by the cost consultant (often a quantity surveyor) that provides project specific measured quantities of the items of work identified by the drawings and specifications in the

London is a bustling hive of construction activity, we provide Bills of Quantities for London Subcontractors.   As a London Subcontractor, you want to be tendering for the best projects.   Tender returns must be professional and contain an accurate Bill of Quantities.   An accurate Bill of Quantities will

This is a short article on Material Take off’s and Bill of Quantities.   The Material Take off or Bill of Quantities is traditionally compiled by the Quantity Surveyor or Estimator. This is the case in countries like the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.   In the USA and

Construction Take off’s   At Take off Bill, we know Construction Take off’s. We have worked at all levels of construction from labourers in Queens in New York to Quantity Surveyors in London. I suppose what i’m getting at is, we know construction and we know Construction Take off’s and

Bill of Quantities, is it beneficial to a self builder? The importance of an accurate Take off or Bill of Quantities cannot be underestimated. In this post, we are going to focus on this from the point of view of a one off self builder.   So, Johnny and Mary