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Building Process & Parties Involved

Quantity Surveyors & His Duties

by AHMAD ARZLEE HASSAN

PART 1:Building Process & Parties

Involved

• The Construction Industry

• The Construction Categories

• Features of Construction Industry

• Design & Construction Process

• Forms of Construction Project Procurement

• Project Participants

PART 2:Quantity Surveors & His

Duties

Roles and Responsibilities of a Quantity Surveyor

What is Construction?

TERMS?

WORKS?

TIME?WEEKS?

MONTHS? YEAR?

COST? RULES?REGULATIONS?

PARTIES?TYPE?

APPROACHES? CONSTRUCTION

SOURCES?RESOURCES?

Man? Machine?

PROCESSES?SEQUENCES?

What is Construction Industry?

P1 S2 CIDB Act 1994 Act 520Construction Industry is an industry concerning

all construction works.

Town & Country Planning Act 1971The carrying out of building, engineering,

mining or other operations in, on, over or under land or the making of material change in the use of any building or other land

Construction??CIDB 1994 Act 520

Repair Extension

Installation

ConstructionMaintenance

Renewal

Renovation Alteration

Dismantling Demolition

OF

BUILDING TYPE

STRUCTURE

CIVIL ENG STRUCTURE

CANAL, SEWERAGE

& PIPE

MECH & ELEC WORKS

SOIL, EARTH & WATER

CONTROL

Economy Construction

• 3.3% to 4% of GDP contributed by construction industry (MOF 2001)

• The government sectors accounts for 52.5% of construction volume consists of residential, mix development incl. maintenance and repair

• 42K over construction firms recorded as of 2002 with many firms capable of million RM projects locally and internationally

• Construction caters for employment in Malaysia

Property Development

Essential elements

LANDto be

developed

CAPITALto finance

the development

process

RESOURCES in the form of labour and

material

ENTREPRENEUR to initiate and manage the development

FUND from public or private sources

The Construction Categories

GenerallyHousing, Non

residential, Engineering,

Industrial

CIDBCivil Engineering,

Building, M&E

CI/SfB SytemLand, CE, Admin Building, Health

Welfare Building, Entertainment etc.

BSCLong term, R&D, Major Engineering,

Capital Plant, Production, Distribution, One-off Building, Repetitive, Major

overhauls etc.

OthersBuilding, Highways, Heavy Construction,

Residential, Industrial etc.

Features of Construction Industry

• Each are UNIQUE - Location,

Characters, Design, Product,

Conditions, Circumstances

etc.

• FRAGMENTATION - Design, Crafts,

Experts, Complex, Combined effort, Parties involved

Design and Construction Process

INTITIAL STAGE

DETAILED DESIGN STAGE

TENDER STAGE

CONTRACT STAGE

RIBA Plan of WorkSTAGE TASK PROFESIONAL

A Inception Establish appointments & requirements CL, Arch

B Feasibility Established technical possibilities & specialist

CRep, Arch, Eng, QS

C Outline proposal Briefs and approaches All

D Scheme design Spatial arrangements & materials All

E Detailed design Detail design, drawings and specs Arch, Eng, QS

F Production information Complete drawing and spec for tender Arch Eng

G Bill of Quantities BQ production with queries answered Arch QS

H Tender action Tender process All

J Project planning Agree on timetable, procedures and schedule

Cont

K Operation on site Construction, meetings, supervision, payment

All & Cont

L Completion Handover and DLP All & Cont

M Feedback Legal responsibility, response etc. All

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Forms of Construction Project Procurement

TRADITIONAL METHODS

MANAGEMENT METHODS

INTERGRATED METHODS

Procedure of converting a requirement or requisition into a performable contract

Project Participants

CLIENTEmployer,

Owner, Developer

CONSULTANTProject Manager,

Planners, Designers, Architect, Engineer, Quantity Surveyors,

Land Surveyors, ID, Landscape,Other specialist

CONTRACTORMain Contractor,Subcontractor,

Specialist,Labour only subcon,

Design & build contractors

Other Participants• Materials and Equipment Suppliers

Sectors

• Manpower

• Finance Sector

• Approving Sectors

Contractual Relationship

EMPLOYER CONTRACTORMAIN CONTRACT

ArchitectEngineer

Sub contractor

Quantity Surveyor

Suppliers

Nominated Sub Con

Conditions of engagementDomestic SC Contract of sale

NSC

Who’s Who?

Please identify the participants and briefly explain what are their roles in a typical

setting of a construction process.

TUTORIAL

What are the responsibilities of a QS in a typical Construction settings? Pre

Contract? Post Contract?

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