Ashworth / Hogg / Higgs Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor

13. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-58996-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book

Historically employed to estimate and measure the likelymaterial requirements for any building project, the role of themodern quantity surveyor is diverse, with a wide range of employersand geographical locations to match. Change continues to be afeature in quantity surveying practice, with the New Rules ofMeasurement, the RICS Black Book and Building Information Modelling(BIM) all adding to the already dynamic environment in which theQuantity Surveyor operates. This new edition of Practiceand Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor reflects that dynamicenvironment, addressing changing practices and procedures in theprofession, whilst focussing on the core skills which are essentialto success.
The 13th edition of this classic text, originallywritten by three generations of the Willis family (all quantitysurveyors) continues to provide a thorough introduction to the workof the quantity surveyor in private practice, in public service andin contracting organisations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashworth, Allan

Hogg, Keith

Higgs, Catherine

Über Autor(innen)

Allan Ashworth DUniv (Hon), MSc, MRICS is a VisitingProfessor at the University of Salford and the Adjunct Professor inQuantity Surveying at UTAR in Malaysia. He is a former HMI (HerMajesty's Inspector) in the Department for Education andEmployment and the Senior Academic Advisor to the Centre forEducation in the Built Environment based at the University ofSalford.
Keith Hogg BSc, PGCE was, until his recent retirement,Associate Dean (Development) in the School of the Built Environmentat Northumbria University. He worked in private practice in the UKand overseas and engaged in research and practise in areas of riskmanagement and value management. Throughout much of his career hewas closely involved with the RICS in areas of Quantity SurveyingPractice and Surveying Education.
Catherine Higgs MSc, MRICS is a Senior Lecturer inQuantity Surveying and Associate Head of the Department ofConstruction and Property at the University of the West of England,Bristol. She is also a UWE Teaching Fellow with a strong interestin the pedagogy of quantity surveying practice.