The RICS claimed that reducing the cost of construction could be helped if suppliers and clients adopted its New Rules of Measurement – in one been dubbed its most significant shakeup of qs and costing guidance in 30 years.
The new RICS’s revised ‘Black Book’ and its accompanying raft of New Rules of Measurement (NRM) will provide clearer guidance for costing and greater standardisation in the measurement process, says the professional body.
Alan Cripps, Associate Director of the Built Environment at RICS said that the the NRM provides a common framework and language for preparing cost plans, how they’re kept and updated, and will improve consistency in the tendering process and in the quality of data clients get. He urged clients to get behind it.
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