This document provides information and questions for a quantity surveying assignment on preparing the final account for an apartment construction project. It includes: 1) Background on the contract sum totaling RM 47.7 million and questions requiring analysis of issues like omitted items and their implications as well as adjustments to the final account. 2) Information on extension of time, variation orders, nominated subcontractor accounts is provided to assess the contractor's final account application. 3) Explanations are requested on how various types of variations would be finalized and priced, such as a relocated door, omitted unpriced item, substitute work due to site constraints, and mistake in excavation rates.

1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE · BUILDING · DESIGN
Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia
Bachelor of Quantity Surveying (Honours)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE [QSB 3614]
1. This assignment shall make up 15% weightage of the final marks.
2. This is a group assignment and shall be submitted in groups of 6 students.
3. Dateline for submission of this Coursework No. 2 is on or before 30th October 2017.
Coursework No. 2 – Preparation of Final Account.
You are appointed as the consulting Quantity Surveyor for a apartment project based on PAM
Form of Contract 2006 (With Quantities). The summary of the Contract Sum is as follows:
Bill No. 1 – Preliminaries RM 2,250,000.00
Bill No. 2 – Building Works RM 31,450,000.00
Bill No. 3 – Local Infrastructure Works RM 6,130,000.00
Bill No. 4 – P.C. and Provisional Sums RM 7,870,000.00
Contract Sum RM 47,700,000.00
Question 1.
The tender drawings shows the apartment entrance arch with guardhouse but no details were
provided. The Architect had suggested that these items be listed as Provisional Sum. However
you have forgot about this item and did not include it in your tender document. The contract
was awarded without it. The director would also like to know the significance and implications
of this omission by their office.
In addition, you are required to prepare a report to your director, explaining briefly the
adjustments of the essential elements in your preparation of this project’s final account.
(25 marks)
Question 2.
In accordance with clause 30.10 of the contract, the contractor duly submitted his Final Accounts
within 6 months after the issuance of the Certificate of Practical Completion. You are then
required to assess this application and prepare the Final Account for the apartment project
based of the following valuations and adjustments made to the Contract Sum:
(35 marks)
Information provided are as follows:
a. The Architect had granted the Contractor’s first application for extension of time and
approved additional insurance premium amounting to RM 10,000.00 in accordance with
clause 24 of the contract due to the delay in the completion of the works caused by the
Employer’s late decision on the toilet design.
In his second application for extension of time, the Contractor submitted an loss and
expense claim for RM200,000.00 in his Final Accounts to you. Since the delay event is
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2. not a relevant event listed in Clause 23.8, the Architect had rejected the Contractor’s
second application.
b. There are four variation orders carried out by the Contractor:
Addition Omission
i. Variation Order No. 1: RM 300,000.00 RM 200,000.00
Changes of toilet layout to
suit Employer’s requirements.
ii. Variation Order No. 2: RM 400,000.00 -
New lift lobby at entrance.
iii. Variation Order No. 3:
Changes from premix roads RM 1,100,000.00 RM 900,000.00
to precast concrete paver blocks
iv. Variation Order No. 4:
Omission of glass partitions - RM 96,000.00
c. The following are the nominated sub-contractor’s accounts:
Original P.C. & NSC’s
Provisional Sums final account
i. Lift Services: RM 1,700,000.00 RM 1,500,000.00
Profit @ 2% RM 34,000.00
Attendance as item RM 34,000.00
ii. Air Conditioning Services: RM 1,200,000.00 RM 1,000,000.00
Profit @ 2% RM 24,000.00
Attendance as item RM 24,000.00
iii. Electrical Services: RM 1,600,000.00 RM 2,100,000.00
Profit @ 2% RM 32,000.00
Attendance as item RM 32,000.00
iv. Provisional Sums: Entrance Porch RM 1,270,000.00 RM 1,050,000.00
RM 6,670,000.00
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3. Question 3.
Explain the basis on how the following variations may be finalised and priced during the Final
Account stage:
a. Relocation of an already installed timber door including sealing up the wall opening.
Agreed at the site meeting for Contractor to claim based on Dayworks for labour,
material and plant.
(10 marks)
b. Contractor need to provide computer equipment in the Preliminaries section but item was
left unpriced, i.e. BQ item was left blank in the rate/amount column in the contract
document. Subsequently, this item was omitted by the Architect.
(10 marks)
c. A wash trough as required and priced in the Preliminaries section was not constructed
due to site constraints imposed later by the Employer. However, the vehicles leaving the
site during construction were always kept clean including the public roads using water jet
washing and full-timed workers.
(10 marks)
d. Mistake was made in the price for excavation through rocks at RM 15 per m3. Item was
not rationalised during contract documentation. However, original quantity in BQ is 100
m3 but re-measured quantity is 2,000 m3. The Contractor submitted a claim for revised
rates of RM 150 per m3 for the total quantity of 2,000 m3.
(10 marks)
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