Quantity Surveyor

Pre-contract Question and answer

 

1.       Types of contracts

                                                         I.            Lump sum

                                                       II.            Measure and value (Remeasurement)

                                                     III.            Cost reimbursement

2.       Procurement route

                                                   I.             Traditional method

                                                  II.            Design and build method

                                                III.            Management path

3.       Method of measurements

                                             I.            POMI (Principle of Measurement International)

                                           II.            CESMM (Civil Engineer standard of the method of measurement)

                                         III.            BCIS (Building cost information of services)

                                        IV.            NRM2 (New rule measurement)

 

4.       Tendering

5.       Tender Documents: Request for tender (RFT) As follows

Tender documents are prepared to seek offers from potential contractors/suppliers. Tender documents must be prepared for a range of contractors, such as equipment supply, the main construction contract, whether the design was prepared by the contractor or not, demolition, enabling, and so on.

                                                        I.            Notice inviting tender or instruction to bidders-By owner

                                                      II.            Tendering procedures and conditions of contract. (Instruction to tenderers, project description, a form of contract, tender bond (if any), duration of the project t, performance bond, terms of payment,

tender submission, delay, and insurance required.)

                                                    III.            Contract Agreement -By Owner

                                                    IV.            Special condition of contract -By owner

                                                     V.            General condition of contract -By Engineer

                                                    VI.            Project specification -By engineer

                                                  VII.            Project drawings -By Engineer

                                                VIII.            Bill of quantities -By Engineer

                                                    IX.            Annexures if any -By Engineer (Any approved project vendors, sub-contractors

6.       Preamble: A preamble explains a document commonly in contacts, specification, and bill of quantities. it might include, a description of the parties to the contract background to the document, the objectives of the project, and so on.

7.       Preliminaries: The preliminary costs of a construction project include the erection of scaffolding and the installation of site services. (Site offices, site cleaning sign board, security, safety labor campus, stationary, printer, power supply, etc.)

Preliminary items are a part of the BOQ for the proposed project, and tenders or contractors are required to be priced separately. Preliminaries items are separate from the trade items

Preliminary costs are often referred to as prelims. They are calculated individually for each project as a lump sum and added to the tender cost, during the finalizing of the tender

Usually, prelims are 6-12% depending upon project location.

8.       Cost plan: Maintaining the client budget that is the main key.it is the estimate of the cost of what is actually like to be.

9.       Cost estimate: Order of cost estimate

                                             I.             Floor area method (concept design)

                                           II.            Functional unit method - Schematic design (Schools, Hotels, jails, car parks)

                                         III.            Elemental method – Details Design (Substructure, superstructure, MEP)

10.   Bonds: As per tender terms and conditions

                                                     I.             Performance bond: 10%

                                                    II.            Advance bond: 10%

                                                  III.            Retention Bond: 10%