8.7.7-1
Fuel storage and piped distribution systems
Component Information
- Code:
- 8.7.7-1
- Sequence:
- 1
- Unit:
- nr
- Sub-Element:
- 8.7.7 - 7 External fuel storage and piped distribution systems
Fuel storage and piped distribution systems
details to be stated.
Component Statistics
Measurement Rules
Included Items
Excluded Items
Measurement Rules (6)
Where components are to be enumerated, the number of components is to be stated.
The length of linear components measured is their extreme length, over all obstructions.
Other cost-significant components are to be described and identified separately. Such components are to be measured by area (m2) or linear measurement (m), or enumerated (nr) separately in accordance with the rules of measurement for this sub-element.
Work outside the curtilage of the site is to be described and identified separately.
Where the contractor is only responsible for designing specific elements and/or components of the building project (i.e. not the entire building project), contractor-designed work is to be described and identified separately.
The percentage additions for testing and commissioning are to be applied to the total cost of the items comprising the sub-element. A single combined percentage addition can be applied to cover the costs of both testing and commissioning.
Included Items (14)
Oil, petrol and diesel.
Storage tanks and vessels not supplied in connection with heat source installations.
Proprietary supports forming an integral part of the storage tank/vessel unit.
Off-site painting/anti-corrosion treatments.
Connections to external plant and equipment.
Distribution pipelines and pipeline fittings, from storage tank or vessel to plant or equipment being served, above ground and below ground, including excavating and backfilling trenches, etc.
Pipeline components/ancillaries (e.g. valves and pumps).
Thermal insulation.
Off-site painting/anti-corrosion treatments.
Meters.
Monitoring equipment.
Sundry items.
Testing and commissioning.
Where works are to be carried out by a subcontractor, the subcontractor’s preliminaries,design fees, risk allowance, overheads and profit, with allowance for these to be made within unit rate applied to element or component.
Excluded Items (6)
Storage tanks, vessels and distribution pipelines within the building (included in sub-element 5.9.2).
Supports not integral to the storage tank/vessel (included in sub-element 8.7.11).
Bunds, etc. for fuel storage/tanks and vessels (included in sub-element 8.7.11).
On-site painting of storage tanks, vessels, supports and pipelines (included in element 5.14).
Building management systems and other control systems (included in sub-element 5.12.3).
Builder’s work in connection with external services (included in sub-element 8.7.11).
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