1.1 INTRODUCTION
ESTIMATION- DEFINITION OF ESTIMATE- NECESSITY OF ESTIMATESIMPORTANCE OF FAIR ESTIMATION- DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF A
GOOD QUANTITY SURVEYOR- TYPES OF ESTIMATES- APPROXIMATE
AND DETAILED ESTIMATES- MAIN AND SUB ESTIMATES- REVISED
ESTIMATES-SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES – MAINTENANCE/REPAIR
ESTIMATES-TAKING OFF QUANTITIES- TRADE AND GROUP SYSTEMSMERITS OF TRADE/ GROUP SYSTEMS- STAGES IN DETAILED
ESTIMATION- UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS FOR MATERIALS AND WORKSDEGREE OF ACCURACY IN MEASUREMENTS- MEASUREMENT BOOKSDEDUCTION FOR OPENINGS IN MASONRY/PLASTERING/COLOUR
WASHING WORKS- PAINTING COEFFICIENTS- CATEGORIES OF
LABOURERS- MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS OF
WORKS- LABOUR REQUIREMENT FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS OF WORKSSTANDARD DATA BOOK- TASK OR OUT TURN OF LABOURERS – COST
OF MATERIALS AND WAGES OF LABOUR- SCHEDULE OF RATESREVISION OF RATES- MARKET RATES- LEAD- COST OF CONVEYANCE .
1.2 APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES
NECESSITY OF APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES- TYPES – SERVICE UNIT
METHOD- PLINTH AREA METHOD – CARPET AREA METHOD- CUBICAL
CONTENT METHOD- TYPICAL BAY METHOD- ROUGH QUANTITY METHODEXAMPLES FOR EACH METHOD- PROBLEMS ON PREPARATION OF
PRELIMINARY/APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES FOR BUILDING PROJECTS