| Preface to the Thirty-Fifth Edition |
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Purpose and content of the book |
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Outline of the tendering and estimating process |
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15 | (8) |
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23 | (8) |
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31 | (6) |
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37 | (10) |
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47 | (6) |
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Part 2 Oncosts And Profit |
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53 | (1) |
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Finance costs - assessment of contract investment |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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Part 3 Cost Indices And Location Factors |
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59 | (1) |
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The road construction cost index |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (6) |
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73 | (8) |
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Part 5 Approximate Estimating |
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Preliminaries and general items |
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81 | (16) |
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Building prices per square metre |
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97 | (8) |
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Approximate estimating rates - General building works |
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105 | (47) |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (4) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (4) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (5) |
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2.6 Windows and external doors |
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123 | (3) |
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2.7 Internal walls and partitions |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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4 Fittings, furnishings and equipment |
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4.1 Fittings, furnishings and equipment |
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5.1 Sanitary installations |
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5.6 Space heating and air conditioning |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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5.8 Electrical installations |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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5.10 Lift and conveyor installations |
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5.11 Fire and lightning protection |
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139 | (1) |
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5.12 Communication and security installations |
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140 | (1) |
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5.13 Special installations |
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140 | (1) |
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5.14 Builder's work in connection with services |
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140 | (1) |
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8.2 Roads, paths, pavings and surfacings |
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141 | (1) |
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8.3 Soft landscaping, planting and irrigation systems |
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142 | (1) |
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8.4 Fencing, railings and walls |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (2) |
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8.8 Ancillary buildings and structures |
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150 | (1) |
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9 Main contractor's preliminaries |
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150 | (1) |
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9.2 Main contractor's preliminaries |
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150 | (2) |
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Approximate estimating rates - Ancillary building works |
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152 | (9) |
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Water and treatment facilities |
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152 | (1) |
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Earth retention and stabilization |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (3) |
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Part 6 Unit Costs - Civil Engineering Works |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (4) |
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Class B Ground investigation |
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169 | (4) |
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Class C Geotechnical and other specialist processes |
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173 | (7) |
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Class D Demolition and site clearance |
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180 | (3) |
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183 | (19) |
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202 | (6) |
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Class G Concrete ancillaries |
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208 | (13) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (22) |
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Class J Pipework - fittings and valves |
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245 | (1) |
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Class K Pipework - manholes and pipework ancillaries |
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246 | (14) |
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Class L Pipework - supports and protection, ancillaries to laying and excavation |
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260 | (5) |
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Class M Structural metalwork |
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265 | (2) |
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Class N Miscellaneous metalwork |
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267 | (6) |
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273 | (7) |
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280 | (13) |
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Class Q Piling ancillaries |
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293 | (7) |
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Class R Roads and pavings |
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300 | (16) |
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316 | (8) |
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324 | (7) |
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Class U Brickwork, clockwork and masonry |
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331 | (14) |
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345 | (7) |
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352 | (6) |
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Class X Miscellaneous work |
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358 | (5) |
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Class Y Sewer and water main renovation and ancillary works |
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363 | (12) |
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Part 7 Unit Costs - Highway Works |
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375 | (2) |
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377 | (4) |
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Series 100: Preliminaries |
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381 | (2) |
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Series 200: Site clearance |
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383 | (3) |
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386 | (4) |
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Series 400: Road restraint systems (vehicle and pedestrian) |
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390 | (7) |
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Series 500: Drainage and service ducts |
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397 | (23) |
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420 | (19) |
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439 | (7) |
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Series 1100: Kerbs, footways and paved areas |
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446 | (8) |
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Series 1200: Traffic signs and road markings |
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454 | (6) |
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Series 1300: Road lighting columns and brackets, CCTV masts and cantilever masts |
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460 | (3) |
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Series 1400: Electrical work for road lighting and traffic signs |
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463 | (3) |
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Series 1500: Motorway communications |
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466 | (20) |
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Series 1600: Piling and embedded retaining walls468 Series 1700: Structural concrete |
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486 | (7) |
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Series 1800: Steelwork for structures |
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493 | (1) |
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Series 1900: Protection of steelwork against corrosion |
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494 | (2) |
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Series 2000: Waterproofing for structures |
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496 | (2) |
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Series 2100: Bridge bearings |
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498 | (2) |
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Series 2300: Bridge expansion joints and sealing of gaps |
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500 | (8) |
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Series 2400: Brickwork, blockwork and stonework501 Series 2500: Special structures |
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508 | (1) |
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Series 2700: Accommodation works, works for statutory undertakers |
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509 | (1) |
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Series 3000: Landscape and ecology |
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510 | (11) |
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Series 5000: Maintenance painting of steelwork |
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521 | (4) |
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525 | (1) |
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Schedules of dayworks carried out incidental to contract work |
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525 | (2) |
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527 | (8) |
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Consulting engineers' conditions of appointment |
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535 | (4) |
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Quantity surveyors' conditions of appointment |
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539 | (4) |
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Disposal of excavated materials |
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543 | (1) |
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Breaking out obstructions by hand |
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544 | (1) |
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Loading loose materials and items by hand |
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545 | (1) |
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Placing ready mixed concrete in the works |
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546 | (1) |
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547 | (1) |
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Erecting formwork to beams and walls |
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548 | (1) |
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Erecting formwork to slabs |
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548 | (1) |
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548 | (1) |
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Laying and jointing flexible-jointed clayware pipes |
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549 | (1) |
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Precast concrete manholes in sections |
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550 | (1) |
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Tunnelling, diaphragm walls & piling |
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551 | (2) |
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Part 11 Useful Addresses For Further Information |
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553 | (10) |
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Part 12 Tables And Memoranda |
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563 | (94) |
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