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Quantity Surveying Organisation and Practice

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Quantity Surveying Practice

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This chapter examines education and training for the profession, professional office organisation, the different procedures in public, private and contractors’ offices, partnerships, the appointment of quantity surveyors and their professional responsibilities, and the impact of computers on their work.

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  1. Nottingham, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, MCIOB (Emeritus Professor of Trent Polytechnic, Consultant Chartered Quantity Surveyor)

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  1. Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, MCIOB
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Seeley, I.H. (1984). Quantity Surveying Organisation and Practice. In: Quantity Surveying Practice. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17599-4_9

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