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PREFACE:

This book covers methods adopted for undertaking the design and construction of civil engineering projects. The options for separate design and construction are compared with design and build projects, construction management, and management contracting.

 The salient differences are shown between the various conditions of contract used. The roles of the engineer, employer's project manager or his representative under different forms of contract are compared. 

Requirements for the production of contract documents, specifications, tendering procedures and choice of contractor are set out. The engineer's powers and the duties of his resident engineer on the site of construction are considered in detail. 

Records, filing  systems, programme and progress charts used by the resident engineer are illustrated, and advice is given on the handling of safety problems and difficult situations on site. Problems of measurement and billing of quantities according to the civil engineering standard method are described.

 Correct procedures for setting rates for varied work, payment for method-related items, and handling claims for unforeseen conditions under ICE Clause 12 are given. Difficulties with delay claims and situations where the contractor submits quotations before undertaking varied work are discussed.

 The approach is essentially practical throughout and covers many actual problems met on site, including measures that are advisable in relation to site surveys and investigations, construction of earthworks and pipelines, and the production and placing of concrete. 

The authors acknowledge with thanks the assistance received from the consulting engineers Binnie & Partners, whose long experience of handling major civil engineering projects in the UK and abroad has been of great benefit to the authors. The views given in this book are, however, our own.

Civil engineering structures rank among the great material works of man. Every such work is unique in the sense that it represents a specially designed effort to develop and use some portion of the earth's natural resources at some particular location.

 In this effort it is needful, first to conceive the aim of the intended works; second to design them in practical detail; third to construct them; and fourth to put them into working operation. 

This fourfold process may commonly last from two to ten years; it may use the labours of hundreds of people, the knowledge of dozens of specialists gained over many years, and incorporate the natural and manufactured products of scores of different trades.

 Until such time as the works are completed there must be a continuous resolve to pursue their construction to finality; and resources must be provided in the form of money, manpower, machines and materials to support this resolve throughout the periods of design and construction. 

Owing to their unique nature, civil engineering works must be commissioned in advance of need; they are not purchasable ready made. As a result there must be a promoter who has defined his need for the works, has resolved to undertake them and agrees to pay for them, and who will own and operate them when complete. The promoter has to find the money to finance the scheme, either from his own resources or by borrowing money from others. 

This is the capital investment in the works. Only when the works are in operation can the promoter receive tangible proof that the capital works he has commIssioned have produced the object he wants. Until then he must have faith in what his various expert advisers say can be done and what they estimate will be the cost of the project.