CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER 1 APPROXIMATE METHODS OF COSTING .. 1-14 General Estimate and estimating Types of estimates Necessity of approximate estimate General principle of the approximate methods of costing Construction cost index Approximate methods of costing for various structures Questions. CHAPTER 2 SPECIFICATIONS 1 5-39 General Definition Objects of specifications Importance of specifications Use of specifications Types of specifications Classification of specifications Design of specifications Principles of specification writing Sources of information Typical specifications Specifications in outlines Questions. CHAPTER 3 CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. . 40-53 Definition Object Importance Peculiarities General provisions Typical clauses of the conditions of contract Conditions of contract in outlines Questions. CHAPTER 4 CONTRACTS. .. 54-78 Definition of the term contract Essential requirements or elements of a contract Trade usages Forms of contract Termination of contracts Labour contracts Negotiated contracts Schedule of prices contracts Package deal contracts Demolition contracts Responsibilities of the engineer Responsibilities of the contractor Responsibilities of the owner Contract between owner and engineer Earnest money and security deposit Mobilisation fund Meaning of tender Opening of tenders Scrutiny of tenders Acceptance of tender Contents Revocation of tender Work executed without a contract Tender form Unbalanced tender Liquidated damages Advertisement Contract documents Qualification of contractors Direct and indirect costs Basic price contracts Questions. CHAPTER 5 VALUATION .. 79-107 General Purposes of valuation Cost, price and value Nature of value Different forms of value Classification of property Freehold and leasehold properties Sinking fund Amortization Depreciation and obsolescence Outgoings Dilapidations Gross income and net income Capitalized value Deferred land value Year's purchase Single rate and dual rate for Y.P. Rate of interest Mortgage Equitable mortgage Legal mortgage Accommodation land and accommodation works Annuity Land valuation Valuation tables Methods of valuation for lands with buildings Rent fixation Rating Questions. CHAPTER 6 EASEMENTS. 108-113 General Definition Essential characteristics of easements Creation of easements Extinguishment of easements Easements and natural rights Effect on valuation due to easements Questions. CHAPTER 7 ARBITRATION. 114-121 General Definition Arbitrator and referee Matters for reference to arbitration Kinds of arbitration Contents Arbitrator Sole arbitrator, joint arbitrators and umpires Powers of an arbitrator Scope of umpire's authority Disabilities of an arbitrator Arbitration agreement Revocation of arbitration agreement Power of court to appoint arbitrator or umpire Process of arbitration Award by an arbitrator Conditions favourable for arbitration Advantages of arbitration QDR methodology Questions. PART II CHAPTER 1 TAKING OUT QUANTITIES 125-142 General Meaning of the term Essentials of an estimator Requirements of an estimator Methods CInits of measurements Modes and units of measurement for different types of trades General rules for measurements Degree of accuracy Rates for some typical items Quantity survey Spot items Prime cost and provisional sums Provisional quantities Daywprk Accompaniments of an estimate Financial implications Cost planning Gses of an estimate Questions. CHAPTER 2 RATE ANALYSIS .. 143-196 Definition Purposes of rate analysis Factors affecting the rate analysis Importance of rate analysis Essentials of rate analysis Schedule of rates Standard costing Task works per day Rates of materials and labour Rate analysis of typical items Questions. CHAPTER 3 TYPICAL ESTIMATES 197-346 General Estimate of a shop Estimate of a servant's quarter Estimate of a sanitary block for a factory building Estimate of an underground tank Estimate of a septic tank Estimate of a children's library Estimate of a compound wall Estimate of a residential building Estimate of a roof with corrugated galvanized iron sheets Estimate of a ginning factory Estimate of a welded steel roof truss Estimate of a steel stanchion with grillage foundation Estimate of a pier Estimate of a railway culvert Estimate of a hume pipe culvert Estimate of a road bridge Estimate of a splayed wing wall Estimate of an R.C.C. floor E-stimate of an overhead R.C.C. water storage tank Estimate of formwork for R.C.C. works Estimate of simple steps Estimate of a shed for cycles Estimate of an R.C.C. retaining wall Estimate of a cushion type fall Estimate of a hume pipe head regulator Estimate of an earthen dam Earthwork of a road in cutting Earthwork of a road partly in cutting and partly in embankment Estimate of a road in plain Earthwork of a road in embankment Earthwork of a curved road in embankment. CHAPTER 4 TYPICAL PROJECT 347-352 CHAPTER 5 ACCOUNTS.353-362 General Stores Issue notes Vouchers Hand receipts Unstamped receipts Receipts of money Work abstract Register of works Appropriation and re-appropriation Materials at site account Capital works and repair works Administrative approval and technical sanction Measurement book Muster roll Completion report Imprest Daily report Deposit works Advance payments Work-charged establishment Revised and supplementary estimates Annual repair estimate Inventory Work-slip and work-abstract Questions. APPENDIX - I : METHODS OF MEASUREMENT OF BUILDING WORK. . 363-368 APPENDIX - II: PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. 369-386 BIBLIOGRAPHY .. 387 INDEX 389-392