Measurement 5

In this subject, I learned that there is another standard method of measurement which we Quantity Surveying can refer to it for our measurements and preparing Bill of Quantities. This standard of method of measurement which I mentioned earlier is Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement, MyCESMM. It is published by CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia),it is very similar to SMM2 (Standard of Method Measurement 2) which published by RISM (Royal Institute of Surveyor Malaysia).

The topic of Measurement 5 group assignment is a Class F: Earthwork which is under MyCESMM. Such work item is about the measurement of earthwork volume which such volume later to be cut or fill. In the lecture, I learned two formulas to assist me to calculate the volume of the earthwork.

Firstly, this formula is Simpson's Rule for Area and it is used to calculate each section's areas.

Area = D/3 * (K + 2L + 4M)

D = distance between offsets

K = sum of 1st. and last offset

L = sum of remaining odd offsets

M = sum of even offsets

Secondly, this formula is Simpson's Rule for Volume and it is used to calculate the volume based on all calculated section’s area previously.

Volume = D/3 * (A1 + 4A2 + 2A3 + 4A4 …… + 2A(n-2) + 4A(n-1) + An)

n is an odd number

A = section areas calculated from the first formula

There is one requirement before we can these two formulas; such requirement is that we must have odd numbers of offset. This is due to not defeating the Simpson’s rule which required odd numbers of offset. Thus, I learned I have to be careful, in order to avoid making any silly mistakes. It is because that if I made any small mistake in the either first or second formula, it will lead to wrong result.

This assignments required five student per group, and its work load been divided equally into these five student. There are four sets of calculation will be calculated by four different person, so there is chances of inconsistency works will be produced. We had a small meeting with all member of the group, in order to have more consistent ways to complete this assignment. From here, I learned that the teamwork and communication in the groups are playing vital role in this assignment.