Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward

Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward

There have been concerns identified on the inadequacy of the BQ for utilisation by the contractors. These as contractors are constantly baffling to relate the BQ to the project development process thus resulting to the great loss of its utility during the construction process. In the midst of these...

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Main Authors: Bandi, Shamsul Hadi, Abdullah, Fadhlin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use.
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/1/SP4-1.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/4/2._Table_of_Content.pdf
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spelling iium-469492016-05-23T06:15:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/ Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward Bandi, Shamsul Hadi Abdullah, Fadhlin TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use. There have been concerns identified on the inadequacy of the BQ for utilisation by the contractors. These as contractors are constantly baffling to relate the BQ to the project development process thus resulting to the great loss of its utility during the construction process. In the midst of these concerns, information has been perceived to characterise issues concerning its use to the contracting organisations. This prompted a research to be conducted with the ultimate aim to develop a conceptual framework that indicates the important BQ information requirements and significant issues to be considered as the basis to improve the uses of the BQ. In relation to the research that has been carried out, this paper reports an excerpt from the research and is focused to highlight findings on determining the BQ information requirements to the identified usage of the BQ. Accordingly, nine information has been considered important to the uses of BQ. These are ranked as: (1) Quantities; (2) Time/duration; (3) Work descriptions; (4) Quantity units; (5) Unit rates; (6) Material specifications; (7) Working methods; (8) Preliminaries and (9) Provisional sums. The results suggest that ‘quantities’ has an important position to the overall uses of the BQ. This implies that more effort should be expanded to study about ‘quantities’ given its substantial contribution to the management of construction works. 2015-11-12 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/1/SP4-1.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/4/2._Table_of_Content.pdf Bandi, Shamsul Hadi and Abdullah, Fadhlin (2015) Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward. In: 14th Management in Construction Researchers’ Association Conference and Annual General Meeting, 12th-3th November 2015, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak, Kuala Lumpur.
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English
topic TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use.
spellingShingle TH4021 Buildings. Construction with reference to use.
Bandi, Shamsul Hadi
Abdullah, Fadhlin
Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward
description There have been concerns identified on the inadequacy of the BQ for utilisation by the contractors. These as contractors are constantly baffling to relate the BQ to the project development process thus resulting to the great loss of its utility during the construction process. In the midst of these concerns, information has been perceived to characterise issues concerning its use to the contracting organisations. This prompted a research to be conducted with the ultimate aim to develop a conceptual framework that indicates the important BQ information requirements and significant issues to be considered as the basis to improve the uses of the BQ. In relation to the research that has been carried out, this paper reports an excerpt from the research and is focused to highlight findings on determining the BQ information requirements to the identified usage of the BQ. Accordingly, nine information has been considered important to the uses of BQ. These are ranked as: (1) Quantities; (2) Time/duration; (3) Work descriptions; (4) Quantity units; (5) Unit rates; (6) Material specifications; (7) Working methods; (8) Preliminaries and (9) Provisional sums. The results suggest that ‘quantities’ has an important position to the overall uses of the BQ. This implies that more effort should be expanded to study about ‘quantities’ given its substantial contribution to the management of construction works.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Bandi, Shamsul Hadi
Abdullah, Fadhlin
author_facet Bandi, Shamsul Hadi
Abdullah, Fadhlin
author_sort Bandi, Shamsul Hadi
title Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward
title_short Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward
title_full Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward
title_fullStr Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward
title_full_unstemmed Bills of Quantities (BQ) decrypted: uncovering research findings on BQ information requirements and the way forward
title_sort bills of quantities (bq) decrypted: uncovering research findings on bq information requirements and the way forward
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/1/SP4-1.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46949/4/2._Table_of_Content.pdf
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