Measurement and Valuation of Works (MVW)

1. Architect's Instructions

2. Variations

3. Measurement and Valuation of Variations

4. Pro-Rata Rates

5. Fair Valuation

6. Provisional and Prime Cost Sums

7. Certificates and Payments

• Architect's instruction, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Architect%27s_instruction
• How to Survive during Construction, http://www.ekjn.co.uk/Construction_phase.htm
  • How architects administer construction projects
• Variations, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Variations
• Contract Sum, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Contract_sum
• Provisional Sum, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Provisional_sum
• Prime Cost Sum, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Prime_cost_sum
• Interim Certificate (and Interim Payment), http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Interim_certificate
• Retention, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Retention
• Practical Completion (or Sustantial Completion), http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Practical_completion
• Defects Liability Period, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Defects_liability_period
• Final Certificate, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Final_certificate
• Final Account, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Final_account
• Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) publications: Practice Notes, http://www.hkis.org.hk/en/publication_sales.php
• HKIS, 2012. Cost Control and Financial Statements, Practice Notes for Quantity Surveyors, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), Hong Kong. [PDF]
• HKIS, 2012. Valuation of Variations, Practice Notes for Quantity Surveyors, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), Hong Kong. [PDF]
• HKIS, 2012. Valuation of Interim Payment Certificates, Practice Notes for Quantity Surveyors, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), Hong Kong. [PDF]
• HKIS, 2012. Final Accounts, Practice Notes for Quantity Surveyors, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), Hong Kong. [PDF]

• Hills, M. J., 1995. Building Contract Procedures in Hong Kong, Chapters 11 and 12, Longman, Hong Kong. [692.95125 H65]
• HKIA, HKICM and HKIS, 2005. Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract for Use in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Standard Form of Building Contract: Private Editon: with Quantities, 2005 ed., Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Hong Kong. [692.8095125 A27]
• HKIA, 1997. Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract for Use in Hong Kong: Standard Form of Building Contract: Private Edition - with Quantities, 1st amendments, Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong. [P 692.8095125 A27]
• HKIA, HKICM and HKIS, 2005. Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Nominated Sub-contract for Use in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2005 ed., Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Hong Kong. [692.8095125 A27 n]
• HKIA, HKICM and HKIS, 2005. Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Nominated Supply Contract for Use in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2005 ed., Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Hong Kong. [P 692.8095125 A27 s]
• RICS, 1997. Sub-contract: For Use where the Sub-contractor is Nominated Under the Standard Form of Building Contract for Hong Kong, 1st amendments, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Hong Kong. [P 692.8 S9]

• Standard Form of Building Contracts [Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors]
• Standard Form of Building Contracts - Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract - Without Quantities (1st printed on July 2006)
• Standard Form of Building Contracts 2005 Edition Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Building Contract - With Quantities (1st printed on April 2005)
• Standard Form of Building Contracts 2005 Edition Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Nominated Sub-Contract (1st printed on April 2005)
• Standard Form of Building Contracts 2005 Edition Agreement & Schedule of Conditions of Nominated Supply Contract (1st printed on April 2005)
• Standard Form of Contract for Minor Works (1992, 1st Ed, first amendment published January 2003, English & Chinese)
• Standard Form of Contract for Decoration, Repair and Maintenance Works (2008, 1st Ed) (2 copies per set)
• The Standard Form Of Building Contract 2005 [The Mayer Brown Practices]
• Standard Contract Documents [Work Branch, Development Bureau]
• Standard Consultancy Document [Work Branch, Development Bureau]
• Contract Document Publications [Architectural Services Department]
• Architectural Services Department Model Bills of Quantities
• Architectural Services Department Standard Method of Measurement for Building Elements
• General Conditions of Contract for Building Works
• Schedule of Rates for Electrical Works in Government Buildings
• Schedule of Rates Maintenance and minor Building Works
• HKIS Construction Law Articles, http://www.hkis.org.hk/qsd/en/publication_construction.php
• The Meaning of Variation
• Fair Valuations, Vol. 9(9), Oct 2000