'. . . my message to lecturers in building/ quantity surveying is to "put it on your course list for essential reading" and to students and practitioners "buy it"".'  Building Technology & Management

• 1. Contractor selection  2. Contractual arrangements and documentation  3. The preparation of a tender  4. The cost of resources  5. Contract clauses and their effect on cost  6. Preliminaries  7. The calculation of unit rates for construction work  8. Methods of approximate estimating  9. Pro rata and analogue rates

'. . . my message to lecturers in building/ quantity surveying is to "put it on your course list for essential reading" and to students and practitioners "buy it"".'  Building Technology & Management

• 1. Contractor selection  2. Contractual arrangements and documentation  3. The preparation of a tender  4. The cost of resources  5. Contract clauses and their effect on cost  6. Preliminaries  7. The calculation of unit rates for construction work  8. Methods of approximate estimating  9. Pro rata and analogue rates