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General Principles of Taking Off

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Some of the general principles to be followed in taking off building quantities are detailed in the General Rules in the first section of the Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works, of which the following statements are particularly important.

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  1. 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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  1. Ivor H. Seeley BSc(EstMan), MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, FCIOB, MIH
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Seeley, I.H. (1988). General Principles of Taking Off. In: Building Quantities Explained. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19343-1_2

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