Preambles and Preliminaries are commonly stipulated in the bills of quantities of civil works. With reference to the HKCESMM, relevant government circulars and the Hong Kong government conditions of contract for civil works, you write an investigation report in around 2,000 words for the following:
1. Define the meaning of preambles and discuss how they affect the tenderers in calculating the cost of civil works when the preambles to bills of quantities or measurement rules are changed. Given one example showing how the cost and price of civil works are built up within the above change.
2. Define the meaning of Preliminaries and discuss how they affect the tenderers in calculating the cost of civil works when the item coverage or unit of preliminaries items is changed. Given one example showing how the cost and price of civil works are built up within the above change.
3. Illustrate with bills of quantities format how Preambles and Preliminaries appear in bills of quantities. 4. Critically discuss the way in handling errors commonly found in tenderers’ pricing documents in a typical tender analysis report for civil work in Hong Kong