VPRS 1002 Quantity Surveyor's Records, Parliament House

Full description

This series is a collection of volumes containing records created between 1876 and 1887 by the Public Works Department (VA 669) to record details relating to the construction of Parliament House. It is apparent that the work was undertaken by contractors, but the Department had a responsibility to determine the contract details and to have oversight of the progress of the work. These records are those created and kept by the Quantity Surveyor.

These records were probably not all kept as a distinct series, but were assembled later into the current collection.

Records in this series are:

Quantity Surveyors Abstract Books of Quantities of Materials used.
Memoranda between the Quantity Surveyor, the Supervising Inspector of Works and the Inspector-General of Public Works.
Schedules of Quantities for portions of the building,
Specifications and Schedules of Quantities.

Details of the contracts let for the construction, equipping and fitting of the Melbourne Law Courts may be found in VPRS 979 Contract Books, VPRS 981 Register of Contracts Accepted and Gazetted and in VPRS 967 Inward Correspondence Files.