Thursday, 26 November 2015

BUILDING ECONOMIC (QSB 60804)

1.0 Acknowledgement

Specially thank to my lecturer, Sr. Dianne Kok Hui Wei for assigning and guiding us through the project. She has given us this opportunity to produce this report and helped us understand more on the related matter on Building Economics.

2.0 Module Synopsis

This module provides an overview of the Quantity Surveyor’s role during the pre-tender stage of a development. I have been introduced to the practical situations of the various methods of controlling the cost of buildings at the design stage. I also had been introduced to the relationship between building morphology, design variables and life cycle costing of a building. I have been given the opportunity to learn and apply information technology in the cost planning.

3.0 Module Teaching Objectives

The teaching objectives of the module are:

1. To develop an awareness of the nature, content, and significance of cost control, cost planning and understand the roles of project teams towards fulfilling client needs.

2. To develop awareness of the effect of design variables in obtaining an economical design and to appreciate the role of the quantity surveyor in pre- and post-contract stages.

Module Learning Outcomes

4.0 Upon successful completion of this module, we will be able to:

1. Identify the role and responsibilities of Quantity Surveyors in the overall development process and to match the relationship between cost and design to a value outcome.

2. Explain various methods of pre-tender estimating.

3. Outline the importance of cost studies to enhance the role of Quantity Surveyor in the development process.

4. Produce an estimate at pre-tender stage, cost plan based on historical data and S-curve for financial planning to a proposed project

5.0 WHAT I HAVE GAINED FROM THIS MODULE:

5.1 Discipline Specific Knowledge

The knowlegde that I have gained from classroom is then presented our group assignment in video.

5.2 Lifelong Learning

This module required me to be more independent and able to extract the information get from the qs profession. To complete this assignment, we are required to do extra study and outsourcing in order to produce a quality one.


5.3 Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

This can be learned throughout the tutorial questions provided, where we were required to solve the questions in front of the class. So it enable my course-mate to correct me when I did mistake during my tutorial.

In conclusion, we are going to work in a project team. Hence, it is important for us to familiarize with the basic QS role and process and to be more socializing in the construction industry to upgrade ourselves in term of career perspective. 

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