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Week 09
Civil Engineering Bills of Quantities

KIA3004
Construction Management
& Technology
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Lecturer Info

Ts. Dr. Saznizam Sazmee Sinoh

saznizam@um.edu.my
Room G112 (Block G, Level 1)
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Course Outcomes
Continuous
No. CLO Exam
Assessment

Apply the contract strategy in selecting the best type of construction

1 17.5% 5%
contract to suit the type of construction
Manage the tendering process in the construction contract
2 administration and documentation, prepare contract evaluation and 17.5% 10%
variation and to make valid civil engineering claims
Apply the operational cost estimating technique and organize risk
3 appraisal for small projects incorporating the method-related - 15%
charges.
Apply the project planning technique and the Critical Path Method
4 (CPM) for construction project and theory of construction materials 35% -
and plant management.
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Introduction
Let’s make nasi lemak. What do you need?
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Now, you want someone else to make you nasi lemak

But they ask questions…

• What type of rice?

• The sambal how spicy?
• Kacang okay for you?
• Fried egg or hard boiled?
• Want to wrap in banana
leaf?
• Use organic ingredients?
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To make things easier, give them the list of ingredients you made
earlier

• Jasmine rice
• Fresh santan (not boxed)
• Sweet & spicy sambal
• No kacang
• Ikan bilis okay
• Fried egg
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NOT a recipe More like a shopping list

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Bill of Quantities
• Abbreviated BOQ or BQ
• Definition (CESMM3):

“A list of items giving brief identifying descriptions

and estimated quantities of the work comprised in a
contract”

• Does NOT fully describe the nature & extent of

work
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Contract Documents and BOQ

• BOQ falls under “Drawings and

Specifications”
• Must be read together with actual drawings
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History of BOQ
< 1933 No system and lack of uniformity
1933 ICE published report from committee on engineering
quantities (First draft of a standard)
1953 ICE published The Standard Method of Measurement of Civil Engineering
Quantities
1967 CIRIA* established working party which led to CIRIA
Report 34 published CESMM (1st Edition)
1976 ICE
*Construction Industry Research and
Information Association, UK
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Why we need BOQ?

• Tenders from different contractors are strictly

comparable

• Especially when same standard is used

(i.e. CESMM3 or CESMM4)
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Why we need BOQ?

• Valuation of different stages of the project are

possible
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Why we need BOQ?

• BOQ is an approximate checklist for contractor to

order materials & supplies
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Why we need BOQ?

• May be used in cost planning of future projects

2023 2033
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Creating a BOQ
• Preferably use an A4 sheet of paper with these
columns
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CESMM
• CESMM is a guide on creating standardized BOQs

CESMM BOQ
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What is CESMM?
• Civil Engineering
Standard Method of
Measurement
• Standardized format for
BOQ
• Classifications & coding
arrangements for
different types of work
• Incorporates method-
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CESMM Format
• Divides work into 18 main classes: Class A – R
• Each class has 3 divisions (different levels of detail)
1. First Division
2. Second Division
3. Third Division
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• Each division has up to 8 descriptive features of
work
• Coded as a letter followed by 3 digits
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Coding Example

Class H Precast Concrete

First Division 4 Column
Second Division 4 Length 10 – 15
m
Third Division 5 Mass 2 – 5 t
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CLASS ACTIVITY 1
Find these items in CESMM3 or CESMM4

F263 :
D21 :
P351 :
H44* :
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Quantity Take Off

Eat this nasi lemak

and tell me what
ingredients were
used to make it
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Why is it called quantity take off?

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Taking the dimensions off the

drawing and onto a dimension
paper

Dimension Paper as per BS 3327

Stationery for Quantity Surveying
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Dimension Paper
Timesing Column: Multiplying figure if more than 1 item measured
Dimension Column: Where actual dimensions are as taken directly from drawings
Squaring Column: Length, area or volume multiplied by how many items there
(e.g. Timesing x Dimension)

Description Column: Written description of

each item.

Use the right hand side of this column to

make preliminary calculations. Preliminary
calculations are called waste
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Ditto means “as before” or “same”

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Some common abbrev. galvd galvanised
G.F.A. gross floor area
a.b. as before G.L. ground level
a.b.d. as before described GPO general purpose outlet
a.b.s. as before specified HDUPVC heavy duty unplasticised polyvinyl chloride
a.m.e. bill, measure and extend HE fitment hook end allowance
b.i. build in I.L invert level
CL centre line
in-situ in position
c.p. chromium plated
O.T.R. other than rock
cts centres
P.C. prime cost
ddt deduct
P.C.A. plumb cut allowance
descd. described
p.v.a. polyvinyl acetate
dia. diameter
p.v.c. polyvinyl chloride
dim./dimsd. dimensioned
rebar bar reinforcement
dist. distance
ditto./do. as before R.L. reduced level
d.p.c. damp proof course R.O.Z.C. red oxide zinc chromate
drg./dwg. drawing SMM Standard Method of Measurement
ea. each specfn specification
E.o. extra over t.c. terraction
ex extra/out of T&G tongue and groove
f/c final cost UPVC unplasticised polyvinyl chloride
F.F.L. finished floor level v.c. vitrified clay
F.L. floor level w. with
f.s. finished size xtg. existing
ftgs footings
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CLASS ACTIVITY
2a
Take off dimensions of this brick wall

3m
7m
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T D S Description
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CLASS ACTIVITY
2b
How much to build a brick wall 3m high and
7m long?

Use CESMM3 or CESMM4

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Item Description Unit Qty Rate Total

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Method-Related Charges