Use of Mensuration in Quantities

Seeley, Ivor H.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-19343-1_3

Ivor H. Seeley BSc(EstMan), MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, FCIOB, MIH²

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Mensuration is concerned with the measurement of areas and volumes of triangles, rectangles, circles, and other figures, and some basic knowledge of this subject is required by all quantity surveying students. This chapter sets out to explain how the principles of mensuration are used in the measurement of building quantities.

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Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, UK
Ivor H. Seeley BSc(EstMan), MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, FCIOB, MIH (Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Emeritus Professor)

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Seeley, I.H. (1988). Use of Mensuration in Quantities. In: Building Quantities Explained. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19343-1_3

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