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In 1983, the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers instructed the CESMMReview Committee to prepare a second edition of the Civil Engineering Standard Methodof Measurement. The members of the Review Committee were Description of an item in addition to that required in accordance with paragraph3.1 shall be given where required by any provision of section 5 or by any applicableadditional description rule in the Work Classification. Where additional description isgiven, a separate item shall be given for each component of work exhibiting a differentadditional feature, for example M19 The volume of importedfilling material measured shall bethe difference between the netvolume of filling and the netvolume of excavated materialderived from work within classesE and T used for filling. All work shall be itemized and the items shall be described in accordance withthe Work Classification, but further itemization and additional description may beprovided if the nature, location, importance or any other special characteristic of thework is thought likely to give rise to special methods of construction or considerationsof cost. Descriptions 5.12. Descriptions shall identify the work covered by the respective items, but theexact nature and extent of the work is to be ascertained from the Drawings, Specificationand Conditions of Contract, as the case may be, read in conjunction with the WorkClassification.
D2 Excavation in or under anembankment, executed prior toplacing of fill, shall be classed asexcavation for cuttings. C3 Items for invasive plant speciesshall include for the disposal ofany vegetable matter remainingafter treatment. Item descriptions 3.1. The Work Classification divides work commonly encountered in civil engineeringcontracts into 26 main classes. Each class comprises up to three divisions which classifywork at successive levels of detail. Each division comprises a list of up to eight descrip-tive features of work. Each item description in the Bill of Quantities shall identify thecomponent of work covered with respect to one feature from each division of therelevant class, for example
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Commencing Surface’ means, in relation to an item in a Bill of Quantities, thesurface of the ground before any work covered by the item has been carried out. ‘Com-mencing Surface’ means, in relation to a group of items in a Bill of Quantities for workin different materials in an excavation or a bored, drilled or driven hole, the surface ofthe ground before any work covered by any item in the group has been carried out. Includes: Demolition and removal of natural and artificial articles, objects and obstructions which are above the OriginalSurface M17 Where filling to formtemporary roads is subsequentlyapproved by the contractadministrator for incorporationinto permanent filling thevolume placed shall not bededucted from the measurementof filling.
A5 The nature of the materialshall be stated in itemdescriptions for excavation inartificial hard material. M3 A quantity shall be givenagainst all items for specifiedrequirements of which the valueis to be ascertained anddetermined by admeasurement.A unit of measurement shall bestated for each such item. M8 Each Prime Cost Item shallbe followed by an item forlabours and an item for othercharges and profit in accordancewith paragraph 5.15. Wherelabours other than or in additionto those stated in sub-paragraph(a) of paragraph 5.15 are to beprovided the item for laboursshall be designated as for speciallabours. For the purposes of a contract price fluctuations clause, if applicable, account shallbe taken of any addition to or deduction from the amounts due to the contractor inrespect of the Adjustment Item.
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The challenge of updating references to technical standards had been identified, and isincreased by the use of CESMM in other countries which have their own national
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