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Bill of Quantities (BOQ) & Specifications Writing

Bill of Quantities (BOQ) & Specifications Writing
Based on your previous materials research.

Each individual student is required to select one flat/apartment from her typical floor plan and develop the following:

⦁ Partial Bill of Quantities (BOQ): Conduct quantities take off using the actual measurements of your developed plans and prepare part of the bill of quantities for selected apartment spaces:

⦁ Include items only used in “internal finishes” section

⦁ Follow the MasterFormat Divisions in your serial numbering for materials.

⦁ Organize your table columns as following: Item #, description, Unit, Quantity, unit price/Rate, and Total Amount.

⦁ Calculate the total cost for each materials and for all used materials in the “internal finishes” section

⦁ Specifications writing: select only two materials from the above list and develop its specification following the “3 part-Specification” format.

⦁ Use the online “Sweets database” for materials products and their manufacturer/supplier to download available specifications using “3 part- Spec. format” for the two selected materials : https://sweets.construction.com/

⦁ Review the available specifications for each materials, and provide a condensed/abbreviated version of its main items (max two A4 pages for each materials)

Requirements:

⦁ Partial Bill of Quantities (BOQ)

⦁ Specifications documentation for two materials using “3 part-Spec.” format

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