Tutorial Wk 13

School of Engineering College of Health Science

Unit Name: Unit Number: Teaching Period: Year: Week

Quantity Surveying 1 200486

Autumn 2011 13

Task: QUESTION: b.m.e. brickwork as specified and as shown in the drawings provided. Specification notes: BRICKS All brickwork exposed externally shall be constructed with selected calcium silicate face bricks. All other brickwork to be constructed with calcium silicate common bricks. MORTAR All brickwork shall be laid in I : 5 cement mortar. BOND All brickwork shall be constructed in stretcher bond. JOINTS Joints in facework shall be raked Leave all other surfaces rough. CLEANING DOWN Clean down all face brickwork on completion with 5% hydrochloric acid solution and wash off with clean water. CAVITY TIES Provide and build in 4mm dia. galvanised wire wall ties to all cavity walls spaced 900 apart every fourth course in height and staggered. SILLS Sills to windows shall be snapped header face brick on edge sills, set to weather.

MEASUREMENT NOTESBRICKWORK

Item a Face brick skins: Use centre line measurements multiplied by wall height to determine the gross wall area. Deduct openings to determine the net area. W1 is not deducted since it is less than 1m2. (Refer SMM, 3.4, page 4.) The height of all window openings includes an additional 172mm to allow for the brick on edge sill course which is measured separately. (Refer SMM,and 2, page 53.) Item b Common brick skins: Same technique as item a but centre line measurements and wall heights are different. Item d Sills: Include all window openings, including those openings less than 12. Item e Cavity Ties: Purely for practical reasons the net area of the outer face brick skin is repeated. This area (61.40m2) is slightly greater than the area of the cavity and is used in order to avoid having to take off new quantities. Also, the unit rate for this type of work is relatively low in cost. Item f Sundries: Exposed area measured excluding the area of reveals. Pointing and cleaning down reveals is deemed to be included in the price. (Refer SMM, P1, page 53. )