Abstract
THIS book gives a description of the method adopted by the author for arriving at the quantities of materials and labour required in the construction of buildings of moderate size, as deduced from the drawings and specification. It deals entirely with American practice, which in some respects differs considerably from that adopted in Great Britain. For many years past the practice of British quantity surveyors has been to a great extent standardised by such well-known books as Leaning's or Banister Fletcher's. This process of standardisation has been facilitated by the fact that in Great Britain quantities are almost invariably prepared either by or for the architect, who issues copies to intending contractors. In the United States, each contractor prepares his own quantities in his own way. A comparison of the two systems is given by the author as an appendix, where the British system is termed the “Quantity System,” and it is evident that American architects as a body are in favour of its adoption. There is little doubt that the system leads on the whole to efficiency and economy in tendering.
Plan Reading and Quantity Surveying.
By C. F. Dingman. Pp. viii + 201. (London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1924.) 10s.
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M., E. Plan Reading and Quantity Surveying. Nature 113, 815–816 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113815c0
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