Member : Ch’ng Phei Woon

Chong Yi Hui Christina Chua Yi Mei

Boon Li YingAlison Tang

GROUP 2

Quantity Surveyor

MINDMAP

WHAT IS Quantity Surveyor• Provide advices on procurement, contracts and project cost management.

• Work as consultants or be employed by a contractor or sub-contractor.

• Prepare Bills of Quantity from plans, describing materials, items of work and quantity required

Quantity Surveyor Certified Board

The Board consists of a President, a Registrar, a Secretary and sixteen (16) members appointed by the Minister of Works, Malaysia.

Act as stakeholder in a contract for consulting quantity surveyor services

to determine and regulate the professional conduct and ethics of the quantity surveying profession

set up by an Act of Parliament Quantity Surveyor Act 1967

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Services of Quantity Surveyor

TENDERING

COST PLANNING

ESTIMATE & COST

ADVICE

CONTRACTUAL METHOD

Services of Quantity Surveyor

• Cost Planning• To help the design team to keep within the

budget from start to the end of the project• Help client keep track of the money flow in the project

• Estimating & Cost Advice

• Estimates and cost advice during all stages of the development of a project• knowledge of building and construction economics enable quantity surveyors to provide reliable cost advice.

Contractual Methods• Advise client on the best form of contract for a

specific project.• eg : contracts incorporating bills of quantities,

provisional bills of quantities and schedules of rates.

Tendering•Process of proposal or bidding before a project•Calculating the cost and risk for the project.

Responsibilities & Tasks at Different Stages of Construction

• Monitor cost at different stages of project.

• Certify payment and invoices.

• Negotiating disputes.

• Advising on budgets and costs.

• Giving advice for disputes on contracts.

Daily ActivitiesConstruction starts…

• Feasibility studies of a project

• Roughly estimate what’s involve in the project

• Study architect’s and engineers’ plans

• Identify cost and set overall budget

• Plan cost to help design team stay within the project budget

(Valued Engineering)

• Final detailed estimate is prepared by Quantity Surveyor and Architect

During Construction…

After Construction…

•Quantity Surveyor prepare statement of final account

(Records actual cost for all sections of job)

• Provide flow of cash data• Client can arrange finances needed for each stage of project

• quantity surveyor assess cost effects when changes to project occur• resolve disputes between clients, designers and building contractors

Stages that involve in cost planning during design and construction

Tender Reconciliation

Comparing tender price with final cost

Post-Contract Cost Control

Controlling cost at different stages of construction

Preliminary Estimate

Using research market price to estimate cost of project

Cost PlanCalculating project cost according to elemental

analysis

Cost CheckEvaluating the

work done according to cost

TYPEOF

Preliminary Drawing

DRAWINGTender Drawing

Contract DrawingAS-Built Drawing

Preliminary Drawing

• A rough design with less detail• Can be used to estimate the budget of a project but not for

actual cost • Can also be used to prepared cost plan

Tender Drawing • A complete design with full details by Architects

and Structural engineer

• Comprise of architectural and structural drawings

• Can be used to prepare Bills of Quantities

STRUCTURAL DRAWINGBy Structural Engineer

Column

Beam• Commonly Between 2 column

Slab (Floor)

Structural Drawing by Structural Engineer

Architectural Drawing by Architect

• cut through the building, showing foundation, framing, and insulation details.

Description & material

Rate

UnitExample:

Concrete-m3Formwork:m2Rebar : Kg

QuantityTotal Cost

EXAMPLE OF BILLS OF QUANTITIES

Quantity Surveyors

SMM• SMM: Standard method

of measurement• Standardized reference

for all measurement works

• Provide solutions and improve communications within the industry

Contract & Construction Drawing

• Same drawing as tender drawings

Contract Drawing = Construction DrawingUsed to prepare contract document

Used on site during construction

Construction Drawing

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As-Built Drawing

• reflect all changes made in the specifications and working drawings during the construction process, and show the exact dimensions, geometry, and location of

all elements of the work completed under the contract

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AS-BUILT DRAWING

________Conclusion________

Understand more about the role of Quantity surveyor

They must also be sustainable in social terms and add value to the quality

Increasing the efficiency of constructionwork and reducing confrontation

Vital contribution in economic recovery

Reference

Author:Sandra LeeWilliam Trench Andrew Willis

Title:Willis s Elements ′of Quantity Surveying

Title:Willis’s Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor

Author:Allan Ashworth Keith Hogg

January 28

2002

Published

April 8

2011

Reference• http://

businesscasestudies.co.uk/gardiner-theobald/sustainable-development-in-the-construction-industry/conclusion.html#axzz3ZRcGuvn0

• http://www.academia.edu/466357/Importance_of_Quantity_Surveyors_for_public_sector_organisations_in_the_prevaling_recession

• http://www.nziqs.co.nz/What-is-a-QS• https://

nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/QuantitySurveyor.aspx

• http://constructionmanuals.tpub.com/14045/css/14045_44.htm