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3/26/2015

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by

Prof. Indrawansa Samaratunga PhD, DSc,FRICS, FAIQS, FIQS(SL), FCIArb, FCIOB, FCMI, FIAS, FCABE

(Chartered Surveyor/Chartered Manager/Chartered Building Engineer/Chartered Construction Manager/Chartered Quantity Surveyor)

 Arbitrator / Mediator - London Court of International Arbitration Arbitrator / Expert - Dubai International Arbitration Centre

Construction Law & Dispute Resolution Board Member ofthe British University in Dubai

Ex Middle East Representative - Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

“Preliminaries (GeneralItems / Requirements)

Revisited”

When Do We Have to Deal with Preliminaries?Activity

1. BOQ Preparation - Identify the requirements

- Identify the Scope,

- Interim / Final Payments

2. Pricing the Tender

4. Post ContractAdministration - Varied Prices in Valuing

Variations

Stage

- Comply with Method of M…

- find out the resourcesrequirement

- Calculation ofprolongation costs

- Complied with Method of M.. ?3. Tender Evaluation

- Any imbalance in pricing ?

1. Employer /Consultant

2. Tenderers

4. Contractor/ Consultant /

Employer

By

3. Employer /Consultant

- Is the pricing comprehensive?

Standard Methods of MeasurementSMM7 Standard Method of

Measurement of Building Works :Seventh Edition. (NFBTE/RICS)

Principles of Measurement(International) for Works ofConstruction. (RICS)

Civil Engineering Standard

Method of Measurement3rd Edition. (ICE)

POM(I)

CESMM3

- Preliminaries / General Conditions

- General Items

- General Requirements   -   S   i   t  e   O  v  e  r   h  e  a   d

  s

Site Overheads :-

- Activities/Costs which are not proportional to the

quantity of an item of the Permanent Works.

- Activities/Costs which are not related to any oneProject of the Contractor, but are common to all

Projects.

Head Office Overheads :-

- Activities/Costs which are common to more than one

item of the Permanent Works (or common to whole of

the Permanent Works / whole Project) .

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