The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have developed and published a suit of documents titled the New Rules of Measurement (NRM). There are 3 main New Rules of Measurement, NRM1, NRM2 & NRM3. This particular blog is going to focus on NRM 1 and provide a summary of what it is and what it was developed for. If you would like to obtain a brief overview of the history of methods of measurement for construction and a brief overview of the 3 NRM volumes that are used today, then please takea checkout our “construction methods of measurement – explained” video on youtube or take a look at the blog on our website under the same name. NRM1 is the order of cost estimating and cost planning for capital building works. The first edition was

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