Construction & Contracting Dictionary
The vocabulary of quantities, costs and contracts — defined the way it is actually used on site and in a tender, not the way a glossary repeats itself.
BOQMaterial Takeoff (MTO)Unit RateRate AnalysisProvisional SumPrime Cost (PC) SumDayworkWastagePreamblesLump SumRemeasured ContractVariation Order (VO)ClaimExtension of Time (EOT)Liquidated Damages (LD)RetentionInterim Payment CertificateFinal AccountAdvance PaymentBank GuaranteeDefects Liability PeriodSnag/Punch ListSubcontractBack-to-BackNominated Supplier/SubForce MajeureCritical PathFloatBaselineWBSMilestoneLookahead ScheduleSequencingResource LevelingS-CurveEarned Value (EVM)CPISPIEACContingencyOverheadsMarkup/MarginCost CodeCommitted CostCash FlowBreak-evenRebarBar Bending ScheduleReady-mix ConcreteConcrete GradeSlumpCube TestCuringFormworkScaffoldingBlockworkMortarPlasteringPaintingWaterproofingThermal InsulationScreedTilingJoineryAluminium & GlazingCurtain WallMEPHVACFirefightingBMSPilingRaft FoundationSoil InvestigationDewateringExcavationBackfillingCompactionBase CourseAsphaltKerbstoneInterlock PaversGRCExpansion JointRFIShop DrawingsAs-Built DrawingsMaterial SubmittalMIRWIRNCRQA/QCITPHSEPermit to WorkToolbox TalkMethod StatementHandoverPurchase OrderRFQQuotationContractor ClassificationEtimad PlatformSaudi Building Code (SBC)Civil Defense RequirementsBuilding Permit (Balady)Muqawil PlatformValue EngineeringRisk RegisterKickoff MeetingProgress ReportPunch-outDefectOmissionIdle TimeProductivityOvertimeSchedule CrashingFast-trackingPerformance BondBid BondPreliminary HandoverFinal HandoverCompletion CertificateFinal ClearanceExecuted Quantities SheetPriced Estimate SheetLump Sum ItemTechnical SpecificationsMobilizationPreliminariesGuaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)Cost Plus ContractDesign & BuildEPC ContractTurnkeyJoint Venture (JV)PrequalificationTwo-envelope SystemBid OpeningContract AwardUnbalanced BidNotice to ProceedSite HandoverSuspension of WorksWithdrawal of WorksContract TerminationPrice AdjustmentGovernment Tenders & Procurement LawZATCAValue Added Tax (VAT)E-invoicing (Fatoora)Real Estate General Authority (REGA)Wafi Off-plan Sales ProgramSaudi Council of EngineersSaudi Contractors AuthorityContractor Classification GradeGOSIWage Protection System (WPS)Nitaqat (Saudization)Local ContentZoning & Building RequirementsBuilding Completion CertificateShoringBlinding ConcreteColumn NecksGround Beam / Tie BeamHollow Block SlabFlat SlabPost-tensioningPrecast ConcretePre-Engineered Building (PEB)Insulated BlockGypsum BoardFalse / Suspended CeilingInterior Fit-outFacade CladdingEpoxy FlooringSeptic TankWater Storage TankElevatorsAnti-termite TreatmentTopographic SurveyInfrastructure Works
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