know the terms in construction field

1. QUANTITY SURVEYORS
JARGON AND LANGUAGE
ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT

2. AIM
• TO GIVE A SMALL IDEA ON THE LANGUAGE
AND THE JARGON WHICH IS USED BY
QUANTITY SURVEYORS

3. OBJECTIVES
• What is Technical Language
• Why the Language Important for Quantity Surveyors
• Target Audience
• Special Terms for Quantity Surveying
• QS Glossaries
• Abbreviations

4. WHAT IS TECHNICAL
LANGUAGE
The main trait that distinguishes jargon from the rest
of a language is special vocabulary—including some
words specific to it and, often, narrower senses of
words that out groups would tend to take in a broader
sense. Jargon is thus
"the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of
a special activity or group’’

5. WHY THE LANGUAGE
IMPORTANT FOR
QUANTITY SURVEYORS
• Key parties
• Contact with all other parties
• To become specialist in the subject

6. TARGET AUDIENCE
• THE SURVEYOR
• THE ARCHITECT
• THE ENGINEERS
• THE BUILDER
• THE PROJECT MANAGER

7. • In order to face this audience, there are standard
words/phrase which simplify of various complexity meanings
which are nice to have by students. It can be discussed under:
• Definitions
• Terminology
• Glossary
• References
TARGET AUDIENCE

8. Words & TERMS Specific Only
For the Quantity Surveying
Science

9. • Consultant
• A person who provides expert advice professionally.
• Client
• A person or organization using the services of a lawyer
or other professional person or company.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

10. • Contractor
• A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide
materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.
• Supplier
• Supplier is a person or entity that is the source for goods
or services.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

11. • Employee
• Employee is a person working for another person or a
business firm for pay.
• Tender
• A tender is an offer to do or perform and act which the
party offering , is bound to perform to the party to
whom the occur is made
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

12. • Reference
• The use of a source of a information in order to
ascertain something.
• Scaffolding
• A temporary structure on the out side of a building
made of wooden planks & metal poles , used by work
men while building , repairing or cleaning the building.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

13. • Preliminary
• Done in preparation for something fuller or more
important.
• Feasibility Study
• An assessment of the practicality of a proposed plan or
method.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

14. • Procurement
• The action of obtaining or procuring something.
• Estimate
• An approximate calculation or judgement of the value ,
number , quantity or extent of something.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

15. • Claim
• State or assert that something is the case , typically
without providing evidence or proof.
• Interim Payment
• A payment made while waiting for other payments or
the size of other payments , to be decided.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

16. • Elevation
• The action or fact of raising or being raised to a higher or
more important level , state or position.
• Section
• Any of the more or less distinct parts in to which something
is or may be devided or from which it is made up.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

17. • Taker Off
• A person who or thing which removes something
specially one employed or designed to do so.
• Tender Drawings
• These are the drawings given to the bidders at the tender
time to price the blank Bill Of Quantity.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

18. • Shop Drawing
• Shop Drawing is a drawing which gives assistance to the
people who are doing the actual work at site.
• Schematic Drawings
• A drawing showing all significant components , parts or
tasks of a circuit , device or project by means of
standards of symbol.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

19. • As- sold Estimate
• The estimate which matches the agreed items & price
for the project score.
• Escalation
• Changes in the cost or price of specific goods or
services in a given economy over a period.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

20. • Foreman
• The worker or tradesman who is in charge of a construction
crew.
• Sub Contractor
• An individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract
to perform part or all of the obligations of anothers contract.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

21. • Unit Cost
• The cost for one measured unit of completed work
activity.
• Specification
• An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a
material , product or service.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

22. • Bill Of Quantities
• A document used in tendering in the construction
industry in which materials , parts & labor are itemized.
Words & TERMS Specific Only For
the Quantity Surveying Science

23. CONCLUSION

24. Q AND A