In any event, I found myself listening to a range of speakers lyricising about how the new rules and standards will change how quantity surveyors operate. Contracts and materials – ensuring that the contracts provide full and proper control and that all costs are incurred as authorised; ensuring that materials are properly specified so as to meet the scope and design, and that they can be procured effectively. After the Foreword the NRM2 opens up with a General section, that outlines the big picture of the RICS New Rules of Measurement Suite and how NRM2 fits into the whole NRM project; that is estimating and cost planning through to whole life costs.

Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. You might have JavaScript disabled: make sure to enable JavaScript on your browser, or use a browser that supports JavaScript.These rules provide essential guidance to all those involved in, as well as those who wish to be better informed about, the cost management of construction projects. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have developed and published a suit of documents titled the New Rules of Measurement (NRM). There might have been a network issue: ensure that your connectivity is stable and try to reload the page to see if it solves the issue.

NRM 1 aims to be the foundation of good cost management of construction projects – enabling more effective and accurate cost advice to be given to clients and other project team members, as well as facilitating better cost control. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Unlike its predecessor SMM7, NRM2 contains a lengthy section describing the purpose and benefits of bills of quantities in rather a text book like approach. Together they provide a suite of tools to help the construction industry work more collaboratively and consistently. If you are a lawyer or work in a legal capacity, please register for a free trial to see if Practical Law’s resources are right for your business.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. They provide a standard set of measurement rules for estimating, cost planning, procurement and whole-life costing for construction projects. This book is essential reading for anyone working with NRM1, and is the most authoritative guide to practice available for those preparing to join the industry. Accordingly, while the costs of a capital building works project are usually incurred by the building owner / developer over a relatively short-term, costs in connection with maintenance works are incurred throughout the life of the building – over the short, medium and long term.

It contains guidance on a range of subjects relating to the construction process of which the QS should be aware, from e-tendering and valuing changes to liquidated damages, insurance and dispute resolution. RICS: RICS has released new guidance for quantity surveyors and other members working in the construction sector. To this end NRM 3 has been devised to provide essential guidance on the quantification and description of maintenance works when preparing initial cost estimates and elemental cost plans. More control can be exercised over the exclusions noted in Section 7 (this section may be more commonly recognised to a lay-person as the contingency) although allowances must still be allowed.They seek to provide a robust framework for the preparation of cost estimates and cost plans for, respectively, building and maintenance works. Unlike capital building works projects, maintenance works are carried out from the day a building or asset is put to use until the end of its life. In the NRM1 Cost Management Handbook, David Benge explains in clear terms how NRM1 ismeant to be used in familiar quantity surveying tasks, as well as a range of activities of crucial importance for professionals in years to come. Cost records and reports – ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded and authorised and, where appropriate, decisions are justified; and that regular, consistent and accurate reports are available to the employer. Established and effective cost control systems and procedures, understood and adopted by all members of the project team, entail less effort than ‘crisis management’ and will release management effort to other areas of the building project.