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Duncan Cartlidge
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Taking off quantities top tips No. 5
Surface water is water on the surface of the site and excavations. Disposal of surface water is deemed to be included in NRM2 Section 5....
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Duncan Cartlidge
Mar 8, 20231 min read
Taking off quantities top tips No. 4
Alterations Measuring alteration work is one of my favourite tasks as it allows the qs to use their descriptive talents. Best practice...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Feb 21, 20231 min read
Taking off quantities top tips No. 2
When taking off quantities for Structural Metalwork using NRM 2, fittings may be billed as a calculated weight or as a percentage of the...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Coding Foreboding !
The RICS Code of Measurement Practice or COMP has been used by surveyors of all disciplines for years. It determines how we calculate...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying
22 years ago Building magazine ran the Ethel the Aardvark article and asked the question; 'Will we soon be drying a tear over a grave...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Dec 2, 20221 min read
2022 Burn out ?
What does 2023 hold in store ? New ways of working have meant that during lock down some organisations made record profits by using...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Nov 7, 20221 min read
Too clever to measure?
Measurer or manager? Not for the first time quantity surveyors have an identity crisis. Should taking off quantities be removed from the...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Oct 24, 20221 min read
Fasten your seat belts ladies and gentlemen
Just when it seemed safe to come from under the duvet after the turmoil caused by BREXIT and COVID, business confidence again slipped to...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Sep 22, 20222 min read
The circular economy and construction - Part B
Sustainable Buildings Market Study In part A of this blog the question was asked; just how feasible is a large scale move away from the...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Sep 15, 20224 min read
New ways of working
A shift to blended working In what is described as a snapshot on the impact of COVID on construction The University of Loughborough...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Sep 7, 20222 min read
The Construction Playbook - Is it the silver bullet ?
The Construction Playbook Perhaps the most significant report to be issued by the UK Government recently is The Construction Playbook in...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Sep 5, 20222 min read
Circular savings ? - Part 1
In a typical year an estimated 25 million tonnes of construction waste ends up in landfill without any form of recovery or reuse....
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Duncan Cartlidge
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Digital Construction
There's a lot in the media and technical press just now about the potential impact of digital technologies on the construction process,...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Jan 27, 20221 min read
Brave new QS ?
Work has started on the fifth edition of New Aspects of Quantity Surveying Practice. Due for publication in 2023 I think I know what...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Nov 13, 20211 min read
Revised NRM2 Suite
The RICS state that the main reason for the revised NRM guidance was the publication of the ICMS, IPMS and the 2020 RIBA plan of work as...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Revised NRM Suite published
The RICS has published revised versions of the NRM Suite. We are promised guides to the changes soon. On first glance it does look too...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Oct 18, 20211 min read
COP26 and Construction
The construction industry worldwide is one of the largest polluters on the planet due to; High volumes of waste, Manufacture of materials...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Blowing the whistle
The fate of whistle blowers in the construction industry is well documented, with many of those who dared to stick their head above the...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Miss guided priorities?
Sean Tompkins, the outgoing CEO of the RICS has it on record that part of his remit was to increase the global presence of the RICS. Two...
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Duncan Cartlidge
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Collaborative working
According to Constructing Excellence there are six critical success factors for collaborative working; 1.Early involvement – Supply chain...
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