الفهرس 
INTRODUCTI0NOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 137 |  |  |
| | | from | 137 | | |
Abstract
The BOQ used in the Egyptian construction contracts is characterized by its inability to parallel the development made in the field of the construction industry. This is because no attempt is made to enhance and develop its format since it has been initiated. As a result, a contractor using this bill will always be disappointed to be fairly compensated for work changes and delays that, no doubt, occur as a result of the nature of the construction industry. The current form of BOQ does not allow the contractor to insert the non-quantity proportional charges in the bill separate from the quantity proportional ones. Consequently, the contractor has no other choice than to spread these non-quantity proportional charges over the rates of the different measured work items. Thus, the achievement of the contractor’s targeted profit margin is tied to execute the exact quantities that stated in the bill, a matter that could never be done. This situation frustrates the contractor in such a way that makes him unwilling to work at his full capacity and efficiency to execute the required works.
This shortcoming of the Egyptian BOQ has led the research to make some endeavors to enhance its format. To achieve this goal, a comparison between the Egyptian BOQ along with three different developed forms of British BOQ had been introduced. Next the researcher studied the contracts of the Greater Cairo Waster Water Project; one of the greatest projects executed in Egypt in which foreign parties ( consultants and / or contractors ) has participated, in order to define the form of the used BOQ and to study the circumstances surrounded the use of that form. In the last part the study, a survey was conducted in order to investigate opinions of a group of consultants and project managers about the shortcomings of the current BOQ and possibility of developing.