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Contracts, Quantity surveying and Specifications

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Sat, 2010-04-24 10:14 — Nabil Mohammad Al-Dmaidi
Course Code: 
61471
Course Outline: 

    An-Najah National University

Faculty of Engineering

Civil Engineering Department

Contracts, Quantity surveying and Specifications

 

               

Dr. Nabil Al-Dmaidi              

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Course Description

This course is designed to prepare students to handle the practical tasks the engineer is exposed to in the real life. The topics discussed in readings and course lectures are selected to give the student a comprehensive understanding of the process of generating, bidding, and performing construction contracts,components of direct and indirect construction costs, work breakdown, contingency and risk.. This course teaches the methodology, procedures and organizational techniques involved in preparing a competitive bid. Detailed estimates for each major construction discipline are prepared, based upon real construction project documents. Ethical considerations in budgeting and estimating are discussed. The final project is the preparation of a formal competitive bid on a project. A study of methods and operations in managing projects from both the perspective of the constructor and designer. Topics include elements of the construction process, project delivery types and types of construction contracts.

Course Objectives

The course is part of the core course requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. The course will provide the students with a thorough understanding of the issues related to the application of cost estimate, specification and construction contracts in the construction industry. It is intended to provide an in depth discussion of some of the important contracts and bidding  issues faced by various agencies involved in the construction industry.

The principal objectives of the course are to:

  1. Provide an overview of the construction contracts and bidding process and introduce various construction contracts
  2. Develop an understanding bidding process
  3. Highlight issues related to relationship between the parties in the construction process
  4. Explain the design and construction process and the roles of the different
  5.  Outline the contents and relationship between the documents which make up the Construction Documents.
  6. Describe the different types of contracts, the number of contracts, the method of contractor selection and the basis for contractor payment
  7. Explain the bidding process, including the documents included in the bidding requirements
  8. Describe the Conditions of the Contract, their purpose, content, and relationship to other parts of the Project Manual.
  9. Explain the distinct roles of Drawings and Specifications
  10.  Describe the various methods of specifying
  11. Describe the types and purpose of construction bonds and insurance

.Course topics

  • Introduction
  • Elements of the total construction project cycle and processes.
  • project delivery methods, and contracts
  • Estimate types
  • quantity take off)
  • bidding process
  • Construction Estimating
  • The Quantity Survey
  • Cost of Work
  • Construction Contracts Methods
  • Nature of Contracts
  • Supplementary Conditions
  • Specifications
  • Drawings
  • Design Documents
  • Insurance
  • Risks
  • Bonds
  • Pre-Bid Documents
  • Claims
  • Arbitration
  • Subcontracting
  • Change Orders
  • Subcontracting
  • Lecture L & M

Textbook

Estimating Construction Costs by Robert L. Peurifoy and Garold D. Oberlender (Paperback - Oct 1, 2008)

Hinze, Jimmie (2003) Construction Contracts. 3d Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.

The instructor will provide class notes, handouts, technical papers, laboratory manual and other reading materials for the course

http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/civil/peurifoy_ober/tech_spec.mhtml

 

References

  1. Smith, Currie & Hancock (2005) Common Sense Construction Law. 3 rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken , New Jersey
  2.  Fisher, Roger and Ury, William (1991) Getting to Yes . 2nd Edition, Penguin Books, New York

 

Course outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

  • Be able to know the various types of estimating required.
  • Be able to know the bidding process.
  • Be able to know how to prepare a quantity survey.
  • Be able to know how to interpret drawings and specifications.
  • Be able to know the various costs of work.
  • Be able to know how to qualify consultants, contractors and subcontractor
  • Be able to know how to develop bidding
  • Be able to interpret, read and understand construction documents and specifications.
  • Be able to prepare a conceptual estimate.
  • Be able to estimate building costs by systems.
  • Be able to understand selected aspects of the bidding process.
  • Be able to analyze construction cost of any item
  • Be able to apply estimating skills and understand their integration into computer spreadsheet applications.

Student Oral Presentations

Each student will present a 5-10-minute oral formal talk on an assigned topic. Students are expected to research the assigned topic to present material that supplements the text.  Students are expected to present a professional quality PowerPoint briefing, and distribute copies of the presentation slides to the class before the presentation.

One copy of the report should be submitted not later than the end of twelfth week of the semester.

Grading systems:

 

Report Assignments and Quizzes                             15%

Mid-term Exams 2 No.                            20%  each

Final Exam                                              45%

Total                                                        100

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