2. QUANTITY
SURVEYORS
Quantity Surveyors specialist in the cost
and financing of building and engineering
contracts, from the first estimates to the final
account for the project. They advise on the
fixing of costs targets, the cost planning and
design, the letting of a contract for the work,
cost control during execution, and advice on
contract administration. Their role is to
ensure that their client obtains value for the
money expended and that
the resources of
the construction industry
are used to the best
advantage of society.
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4. Adeline Tan : Begin a QS
“ There will be quantity surveyor in
the quantity surveyor consultancy firm,
like what we are doing, is a consultant
quantity surveyor. So, there will be
quantity surveyor in the construction firm
to support the project, mainly to lies with
the consultant quantity surveyor for the
project. There is also quantity surveyor in
developer firm. So each one of the
quantity surveyor in different type of
company are carrying a different role. The
quantity surveyor in the consultancy firm,
as I said, is acting as a consultant role,
meeting that the involvement will be from
very basic, fundamental to very end of the
construction, the whole process, so the
involvement will be from the conceptual
design page, where the client would have,
for example, the conceptual design for
what they are going to do on the piece of
land they own. So, from this conceptual
drawing, a consultant quantity surveyor
building to come up with the feasibility
study, to see whether this proposed
development, proposed product, whether
it is variable to go ahead based on the
current market rate, current market
demand. So, after this process, when the
project is confirm ahead, then the
consultant quantity surveyor, will need to
come up with the tender calling, to get in
the contractor, so this will again, involved
with the tender document preparation, to
invite the contractor to tender, do the
evaluation, and to advise the client on the
whole tendering process on which
contractor they can go for. After the
contractor being selected, the project will
be ongoing on site. Again we will need to
check, to do to site evaluation for progress
plan submitted by the constructor. We
need to do assess the contractor issue, to
access the variation reification, and at the
end we will need to come up with the
whole final account for this completed
project at the end of the day, what is the
account stand for, depends on the
awarded side.
5. Consultant quantity surveyor play a
more productive role in the sense that
they need to provide the designs.
Architects need to come out with the
architectural design, with that
engineers, following the architectural
layout, come out with an engineering
design They are also the party that
need to deal with the authority
submission for necessary approval
before a project can carry out. Quantity
surveyor, in this case, base on the
architectural drawing provided, need to come out with
feasibility study and also the primary cost estimation.
The cost estimation will
keep on updating according
to the progress of the design.
It’s an ongoing process,
there will be many, many
version from the initial
design of the construction
until the final accepted and
confirmed design. So, along
the way, quantity surveyor
need to do the necessary
advice from time to time
when there is a revision made. Our work depends on the
information provided by other two profession, but we are also
one of the construction team. Because cost is always the most
important matter, we need to know whether it is feasible or not,
this is actually depending on the feasibility study that were
putted up by the quantity surveyor. So, the information need to
be updated, we cannot give client an outdated advise, which is
dangerous.
How does QUANTITY SURVEYOR
work with architect
and engineer?
6. As a result, be interest in whatever
profession you choose as ur career. If
you have the interest of it, something
you wanted to do well, then only you
can come out with a good result,
good work, and a good output.
Otherwise, you will not do anything,
in any profession, you will not come
out with any good achievement. Excel
from your profession, you must stay
focus and work harder, and come out
with a good work. Do not worry,
other will recognize your good work,
get yourself promoted, get yourself
registered, and grow from there. So
this are all from the good work you
putted up throughout the lifespan of
your career, whatever you do, again,
stay focus.
