Quantity surveying wherever the job is: The Authorities

De facto standardPaywalledE1557

ASTM E1557: Classification for Building Elements and Related Sitework (UNIFORMAT II)

ASTM International

elemental classificationcost plan structureearly estimating

The North American elemental spine. Use it for cost planning; use MasterFormat for the trade/procurement breakdown. They are different axes over the same money and professionals do not confuse them.

De facto standardPaywalled

Common core of the principal methods of measurement

No single publisher: the shared core of RICS NRM2, CIQS MM-CW, the Australian and New Zealand standard method of measurement, and RICS POMI

net measurement basislaps, joints and waste priced in the rate rather than added to the quantityunit stated against every billed itemcomposite work resolved into separately measured components

De facto standardPaywalled

Elemental cost analysis convention

No single publisher: the convention is restated in RICS/BCIS NRM1, the CIQS elemental format, ASTM E1557 UNIFORMAT II and CEEC guidance

elemental cost plan and cost analysis presentationcost per unit of floor area reportingelement expressed as a share of total cost

De facto standardPaywalled

MasterFormat

CSI / CSC

work results classificationtrade breakdownbill section orderspec section numbering

Common practiceFree to read3rd edition (2021)

International Cost Management Standard (ICMS): Global Consistency in Presenting Construction Life Cycle Costs and Carbon Emissions

ICMS Coalition (RICS-hosted)

cost reporting structurecarbon reportingcross-border benchmarking

Common practiceFree to read

International Property Measurement Standards (IPMS): All Buildings

IPMS Coalition (RICS-hosted)

floor area measurementGIA / NIA / IPMS areas

Quantity surveying wherever the job is

ASTM E1557: Classification for Building Elements and Related Sitework (UNIFORMAT II)

Common core of the principal methods of measurement

Elemental cost analysis convention

MasterFormat

International Cost Management Standard (ICMS): Global Consistency in Presenting Construction Life Cycle Costs and Carbon Emissions

International Property Measurement Standards (IPMS): All Buildings

The rest of the cross-market register

The register tells you what. The back office does it.