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A project's initial costs are those that are incurred during the design and construction process. They can include any of the following: 1  Planning, preliminary engineering, and project design. 2  Environmental impact report. 3  Project-related staff training.  Final engineering.
The preliminaries of a bill of quantities are the section that provides a description of the project, the contractor's general obligations, general facilities, and setup and running costs.In the United States, the term site overheads is used instead of preliminaries..In a bill of quantities, the preliminary costs are generally divided among initial cots, recurring cost and final costs. Initial and final costs are one-off expenses, while recurring costs continue throughout the life of the project.onstruction projects are priced using a bill [schedule] of quantities--a detailed description of the items needed to finish the product and their costs.