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Fluctuations, 1st edition

This guidance outlines the different fluctuating price mechanisms for use in contracts, selection of appropriate mechanisms and techniques for calculating adjustments.
News & opinion 18 Oct 2018
BCIS featured analysis: YMCA hostel

The BCIS Online featured project for October 2018 is the soon to be completed flagship YMCA hostel in Islington, London.
RICS NRM: New Rules of Measurement

NRM provides a standard set of measurement rules and essential guidance for the cost management of construction projects and maintenance works.
Tendering Strategies, 1st edition

This guidance summarises what tendering is and how tendering processes are used to establish a contract price.
Conflict Avoidance and Dispute Resolution in Construction, 1st edition

This guidance summarises what is meant by conflict avoidance and dispute resolution, identifying the key issues that all surveyors should understand in respect of these distinct and substantive areas.
Valuing Change, 1st edition

This guidance note summarises what is meant by ‘change’ and how it is valued under JCT, NEC and FIDIC forms of contract.
Appointing a Project Manager, 1st edition

Provides practical guidance to those involved in the commissioning or procurement of project management services, as well as RICS members undertaking the role of project manager in relation to building works contracts.
Value Management and Value Engineering, 1st edition

This note introduces the concepts of value management and value engineering in relation to construction projects and to the role of the chartered surveyor.
Final Account Procedures, 1st edition

This guidance note summarises what a final account is and how they are used to establish a final adjustment to the contract price.
E-Tendering, 2nd edition

Concerned with the tender process and procedure rather than procurement, this note provides guidance on perceived barriers to the wide-scale adoption of e-tendering within the construction industry.
Extensions of Time, 1st edition

During a project, parts of the works, or the works as a whole, will not progress as quickly as planned, with the risk that the contractual completion date will not be met.
News & opinion 16 Jan 2019
New BCIS methodology for Tender Price Index estimates

BCIS has introduced a new methodology for estimating the latest All-in Tender Price Index results.
Lender's Independent Monitoring Surveyor, 1st edition

This guidance note supports the work of chartered surveyors who assess risks and give technical advice to those who provide third-party finance on real estate developments.
News & opinion 19 Nov 2018
BCIS component life expectancy update for 2018

Results of the 2018 BCIS component life expectancy survey on the typical, minimum and maximum life of buildings and engineering components.
Acceleration, 1st edition

This guidance summarises what is meant by ‘acceleration’ in the construction industry; it also looks at how acceleration can be achieved and how it can be valued.
Construction Security and Performance Documents, 1st edition

This guidance reviews security and performance documents normally associated with a construction project.
News & opinion 17 Sep 2018
Impact of method of contractor selection on pricing levels

Projects procured by selected competition tend to produce the lowest price levels, while price levels in negotiated contracts are on average 13% higher.
News & opinion 24 Sep 2018
Strong growth in infrastructure forecast

Tender prices for civil engineering work are expected to increase faster than costs over the next five years as infrastructure construction output continues to grow.