Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Abbreviations |
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Evolution of estimating and tendering |
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Constituents of a tender price |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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Top-down and bottom-up estimating |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (3) |
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The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 |
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9 | (2) |
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2 Organization of the estimating function |
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11 | (11) |
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Team roles and organization |
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11 | (5) |
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Estimating schedule and bidding costs |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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Health, safety and welfare |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (19) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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Private Finance Initiative |
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34 | (7) |
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4 Formal tender documentation |
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41 | (27) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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Coordinated project information |
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43 | (8) |
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51 | (1) |
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Essentials of a valid construction contract |
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51 | (2) |
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Standard forms of contract |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (3) |
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Understanding the contractual obligations |
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58 | (1) |
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Selection of contract forms |
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59 | (1) |
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Documents used as the basis of a tender |
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60 | (2) |
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Formal tender submissions |
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62 | (6) |
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5 Contractor selection and decision to tender |
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68 | (14) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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Competition and negotiation |
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70 | (4) |
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Abuse of tendering procedures |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (2) |
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Inspection of tender documents |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (3) |
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6 Project appreciation and enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors |
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82 | (15) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (1) |
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Visits to consultants and site |
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88 | (1) |
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Enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors |
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89 | (8) |
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97 | (17) |
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97 | (4) |
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Single-rate approximate estimating |
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101 | (1) |
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Multiple-rate approximate estimating |
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101 | (5) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (16) |
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114 | (1) |
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Design-to-cost aims and processes |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (2) |
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Design-to-cost team reports |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (1) |
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9 Tenders with cost planning |
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130 | (30) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (3) |
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Funding and affordability |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (5) |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (1) |
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`Linear' bill of quantities |
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145 | (2) |
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New build and refurbishment |
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147 | (1) |
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Pricing the refurbishment of buildings |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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Furniture, equipment and ICT for a school project |
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149 | (2) |
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Fixtures, fittings and medical equipment in hospitals |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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Tender timetable and reviews |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (3) |
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10 Quantification for estimating |
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160 | (9) |
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160 | (1) |
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Standard methods of measurement |
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161 | (2) |
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Level of detail and using COBie |
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163 | (4) |
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Bill production for estimators |
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167 | (2) |
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11 Tender planning and method statements |
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169 | (8) |
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169 | (1) |
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The role of the planning engineer |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (4) |
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Tender planning with Building Information Modelling (BIM) |
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176 | (1) |
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12 Resource costs: labour, materials and plant |
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177 | (7) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (43) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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Model rate and pricing examples |
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187 | (40) |
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14 Sub-contractors and market testing |
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227 | (8) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (6) |
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Nominated sub-contractors |
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233 | (1) |
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Market testing rates for cost planned tenders |
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233 | (2) |
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15 Risk, opportunities and inflation |
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235 | (16) |
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235 | (1) |
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High-level risk assessments |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (1) |
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Standard fluctuations clauses |
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243 | (1) |
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Calculation of non-recoverable increases |
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244 | (4) |
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Inflation calculations for tenders with cost planning |
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248 | (3) |
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16 Provisional sums and dayworks |
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251 | (7) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (2) |
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Percentages for incidental costs, overheads and profit |
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254 | (4) |
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258 | (8) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (3) |
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Pricing the preliminaries bill |
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261 | (2) |
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Preliminaries for tenders based on cost planning |
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263 | (1) |
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Benchmark data for preliminaries |
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263 | (1) |
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Preliminaries workbook for cost plans |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (9) |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (3) |
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Examples of contractors' cash-flow forecasts |
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269 | (6) |
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19 Completing the estimate and tender settlement |
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275 | (10) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (4) |
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Comments on the tender summary form |
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280 | (1) |
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Tender summary for a cost-planned tender |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (3) |
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20 Tender submission and results |
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285 | (12) |
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285 | (1) |
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BS 8534:2011 Construction procurement policies, strategies and procedures -- code of practice |
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286 | (1) |
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Completion of priced bills |
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287 | (1) |
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Tender submission for cost-planned tenders |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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Post-tender negotiations and award |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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Tendering performance and analysis of results |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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21 Action with the successful tender |
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297 | (5) |
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297 | (1) |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (3) |
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22 Computer-aided estimating |
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302 | (1) |
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Aims of computer-aided estimating |
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303 | (1) |
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Communications and collaborative systems |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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Electronic exchange of information |
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309 | (2) |
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311 | (1) |
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Computer-aided estimating packages |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (4) |
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Evaluation of general-purpose and bespoke software for estimating |
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319 | (2) |
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Comparison of estimating package and spreadsheet for a cost-planned tender |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (2) |
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Further reading |
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Index |
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