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Willis's elements of quantity surveying / Sandra Lee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2020Edition: Thirteenth editionDescription: viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119633181
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Willis's elements of quantity surveyingDDC classification:
  • 692.5 L510w 23
LOC classification:
  • TH435 .W685 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- Detailed measurement -- The use of the RICS new rules of measurement (NRM) -- Setting down dimensions -- Alternative systems -- Preliminary calculations -- General principles for taking-off -- Substructures -- Walls -- Floors -- Roofs -- Internal finishes -- Windows and doors -- Reinforced concrete structures -- Structural steelwork -- Plumbing -- Drainage -- External works -- Preliminaries and other priced bill sections -- Bill preparation.
Summary: "Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying has become a standard text in the teaching of building measurement -- a core part of the degree curriculum for quantity surveyors. The book will be fully updated to follow the guidance given by RICS NRM 1 & 2. As in previous editions the focus remains a logical approach the detailed measurement of building elements and copious use of examples to guide the student. The text has been fully revised in line with the NRM guidance and includes many new and revised examples illustrating the use of NRM. The hallmarks of previous editions -- clarity and practicality -- are maintained, while ensuring the book is fully up to date, providing the student of quantity surveying with a first class introduction to the measurement of building elements"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Main Library Engineering Section ENG 692.5 L510w 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1-1 Available 029941

Revised edition of: Willis's elements of quantity surveying / Andrew Willis, William Trench, 9th edition. Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1998.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Detailed measurement -- The use of the RICS new rules of measurement (NRM) -- Setting down dimensions -- Alternative systems -- Preliminary calculations -- General principles for taking-off -- Substructures -- Walls -- Floors -- Roofs -- Internal finishes -- Windows and doors -- Reinforced concrete structures -- Structural steelwork -- Plumbing -- Drainage -- External works -- Preliminaries and other priced bill sections -- Bill preparation.

"Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying has become a standard text in the teaching of building measurement -- a core part of the degree curriculum for quantity surveyors. The book will be fully updated to follow the guidance given by RICS NRM 1 & 2. As in previous editions the focus remains a logical approach the detailed measurement of building elements and copious use of examples to guide the student. The text has been fully revised in line with the NRM guidance and includes many new and revised examples illustrating the use of NRM. The hallmarks of previous editions -- clarity and practicality -- are maintained, while ensuring the book is fully up to date, providing the student of quantity surveying with a first class introduction to the measurement of building elements"-- Provided by publisher.

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