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Target Group :
Middle Level Personnel engaged
in Quantity Surveying work in the Building and Civil Engineering Projects, with
acceptable technical qualification and minimum two years work experience.
Duration :
Six and a half months.
Every Friday from 0900 to 1730 hours.
Aim :
To have a more effective
development of the Construction Industry with regard to the input of the
Quantity Surveying profession.
Goal : To train personnel involved in
Quantity Surveying work to be more effective and to achieve better standards in
the Preparation of Bills of Quantities, Estimates, Tender and Contract
Documents.
General Objective :
At the end of the training
programme the participants will be able to prepare Bills of Quantities and
Estimates for a simple building or civil engineering projects and to assist
Senior Managers in preparation of Tender Documents and Contract Documents and in
evaluation of tenders.
Specific Objective :
At the end of the training,
with the knowledge and skills acquired, the participants will be able to,
1.
Assist Senior Officers/Managers in preparing a reliable project estimate
and a cost plan for monitoring the cost of projects during pre-contract Phase.
2.
Prepare a bill of quantities for medium sized projects.
3.
Price a BOQ for the purpose
of the Engineers estimates and Contractors tender estimate.
4.
Understand tendering procedure and contractual arrangements.
5.
Assist senior officers in preparation of tender documents and in
tender evaluation.
Contents
Preparation of Bills of Quantities
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Preliminaries
and preamble clauses. Working
up. Different types and forms
of bills of quantities and their uses.
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Introduction to different forms
of standard methods of measurements for,
Building Work:
Basic knowledge of taking off quantities form the following
trades/sections of work with reference to local standard method of measurement
: excavation and earthwork,
concrete work, brick work and block work, masonry, roofing, woodwork,
structural steelwork, metalwork, plumbing and engineering installations,
floor, wall and ceiling finishes, glazing, painting and decorating, drainage,
fencing, demolitions, underpinning, asphalt work, electrical installation.
Civil
Engineering Work: Basic knowledge of taking off of quantities for Civil
Engineering Construction, viz., road work, bridges, dams, irrigation work,
water supply, hydropower, telecom.
Preparation of Preliminary Estimates and Introduction to Cost Plans
The
different methods of preparation of preliminary estimates.
Introduction to Elemental Cost Analysis. Elements generally used in cost plan.
Estimating for Tendering Purposes
Pricing a B.O.Q
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Pricing
a preliminaries and determining the cost of overheads, borrowing, insurance
charges, bank commissions, etc.
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Relationship
between method of construction and pricing
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Methods
of pricing: Gross
pricing and net pricing
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Use
of accepted norms for determining the basic rates of the B.O.Q. in Building
and Civil Engineering Work
-Earth work, concrete, form work, brick work, block work, carpentry and
joinery, structural steel work, plumbing and engineering installations, floor,
wall and ceiling finishes.
-Selected Road work items, pipe laying
-Data base for prices for material and labour wages
Estimating for other types of contracts
Introduction to project scheduling
Introduction to Tender
Procedures and Contractual Arrangements
Introduction to different types
of contracts:
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Introduction to different tender procedures, such as, those adopted in
Govt. Departments, recommended by ICTAD, recommended by international funding
agencies.
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Contents of tender documents, various bonds and guaranties, tender
evaluation, evaluation reports, award of contract, contract document, legal
aspects of contracts.
Introduction to Computer Application in Quantity Surveying
: Basic introduction to hardware,
software and spreadsheet package for the application in the Quantity Surveying
field.
Project Work :
Each participant will be required to select an actual on-going project
and carry out one of the following tasks:
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Prepare
a preliminary estimate
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A
cost plan/cost analysis
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Prepare
a BOQ for selected par or selected trades in the project
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Price
a selected part or selected trades of a BOQ already prepared
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Evaluation
of Tender
The
task selected should be acceptable to the staff.
Each participant will prepare and submit a report on the work done by
him/her including the analyses and methods used in achieving the final result.
Each participant will present the details of the project work to a panel
of staff members and invitees (30 min.)
Training System : The
course will be conducted for six and a half months on a part time basis (26 full
days –Friday every week).
Methodology
Evaluation : Tests
on Preparation of Bills of quantities, Presentation of Preliminary Estimates,
Estimating for Tendering purposes will be the criterion for evaluation of
participants’ performance with respect to the theoretical part.
As regards the practical part of the course, the performance will be
based on the project report and presentation by participants.
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