What is Standard Measurement?

Standard Measurement If standard measurement books of buildings are maintained in order to facilitate the preparation of estimates for periodical repairs, they may be utilized for the purpose of preparing contractors’ bills for such repairs, subject to such subsidiary instructions as may have been laid down by the local administration in consultation with the Accountant General for the efficient maintenance of the books, so that it may not be necessary to take detailed measurements on each occasion. The following precautions are necessary;- (i) The measurement books used as standard books should be numbered in an alphabetical series, so that the numbers may be readily distinguished from those assigned to the ordinary books wherein detailed measurements are recorded whenever work is actually done. (ii) The entries of measurements (and abstracts thereof) in the standard books should be recorded legibly in ink, and certified as correct by a responsible Government servant. (iii) An assurance should be obtained periodically of the Divisional Officer that all the standard books of the division have been inspected by him, that entries therein have not been tampered with, and that all corrections due to additions and alterations in the buildings have been made in the books the latter are reliable and up to date records. (iv) When a payment is based on standard measurements, the officer or subordinate preparing the bill for payment should be required to certify that the whole of the work (or work since previous running bill, as the case may be) as per standard measurements has been done and that it has not previously been billed for in any shape. https://youtu.be/TAFpAWJ_5oE