Building Quantities Explained (Building & Surveying Series)

Seeley, Ivor H.

ISBN 10: 0333482069 / ISBN 13: 9780333482063

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 1988

About this Item

p/b 284 pages, condition is very good. This guide is a thorough rewrite and update of a classic text used by generations of students that utilizes a standardized and structured approach in line with current QS practice. It includes many new worked examples, figures, and schedules and is filled with clear, handwritten dimensions with detailed explanatory notes. An introduction to computerized measurement is also provided.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Quantities Explained (Building & Surveying Series)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, UK
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333482069
• ISBN 13: 9780333482063
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

A long established text that aims to meet the needs of students studying building measurement in the early years of quantity surveying and building degree courses. It contains a careful selection of 28 worked examples embracing all the principal building elements and including alternative constructional methods to illustrate a range of approaches.

About the Author

Formerly Emeritus Professor of The Nottingham Trent University, the late IVOR H. SEELEY held many external examining and advisory appointments with universities in the UK and overseas, as well as being external examiner to several professional bodies. He was a member of the RICS General Council continuously from 1970 and served on many other RICS councils and education committees over the years. As a former local government chief technical officer, he was responsible for extensive housing and other building developments; he also served at the Headquarters of the former Central Electricity Generating Board on power station contracts and with two firms of consultants. Author of 15 technical books, he was Series Editor of the Macmillan Building and Surveying Series.
 
ROGER WINFIELD was Principal Lecturer in Quantity Surveying and Director of Studies in the Department of Surveying at Nottingham Trent University, UK.