Basics Tendering

Introduction.- Meaning of awards and tendering.- Translating planning quality into building quality.- Potential and risks in awarding and tendering.- Basics of awarding.- Principles of awarding building services.- Awarding aims.- Building the award phase into the planning and execution process.- Contractual basis of awards.- Fixing award units.- Tendering.- Object of tender.- Tender components.- Contractual conditions.- Structure and systematics of service description.- Functional - structural .- Ways in which the architect can influence design.- Degree of tendering depth.- Description of work.- Qualities and requirements.- Necessary information and degree of detail.- Work description possibilities.- Components of a work description position.- Descriptive style.- Quantities, quantity surveying.- Assembling elements as complete work descriptions.- Appendix.- Relevant international standards.- Relevant German-language standards (in German edition).