Thursday, 26 November 2015

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 2 (QSB60904)

1.0 Acknowledgement

Specially thank to my lecturer, Sr Lim Sek Cheon for assigning and guiding us through the project. He has given us this opportunity to produce this report and helped us understand more on the related matter on Professional Practice.

2.0 Module Synopsis

The module provides an overview of professional and contractual responsibilities of a Quantity Surveyor in the consultancy setup from the inception stage to the final account stage. It focus on the importance oa a clear understanding of the organization and contract administration of quantity surveying practices and the legal and contractual procedures in relation to built environment.

3.0 Module Teaching Objectives

1. To have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the administration of construction contracts and the application of particular contract clauses relating to the roles and responsibilities of the parties to the contract especially the Quantity Surveyor.

2. To develop awareness of the provisions of the Standard Contract forms related to valuation and certificates, instructions and variations, dayworks and final accounts, extension of time and loss and expense.

3. To interpret sub-contracts documents relating to roles and responsibility of the main contractor and subcontractors including the limits and constraint of such procedures

4.0 Module Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the module, I am able to:

1. Define the roles and responsibilities of the various parties involved in construction contracts in relation to particular clauses in the contract.

2. Explain the various construction contracts, its limitations and constraints and define issues in interpreting the contract clauses of construction contract

3. Describe team dynamics, power of teams and teamwork in construction contracts.

5.0 WHAT I HAVE GAINED IN THIS MODULE:

5.1 Discipline Specific Knowledge

The knowledge that I have gained from classroom is able to be transformed into my answers for the assignment. We were given a group assignment whereby we were required to be the in the Quantity Surveyor position to advice the client by giving assessment towards the condition that occurred in the construction industry.

5.2 Lifelong Learning

This module required students to be more independent and able to extract the information advice from the qualified Quantity Surveyor. To complete this assignment, we are required to do our own research and to identify the answer based on our analysis.

5.3 Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

The group assignment given was not on the direct type. Hence we are required to think and come out with the solution in respond to answer our assignment question. Without a doubt, if there is no teamwork in carry out this assignment, the assignment would not be successfully done.

5.4 Interpersonal skills

In this module, one of our assignment is presentation, where all of us were grouped in a four. The purpose of having this presentation is for us to experience the way of sharing the knowledge that we were further research on the topic we presenting. We also required presenting out our understanding and answering the question raised by classmates or lecture. Through this, I realized the importance of working as a team to deliver the message to the course-mate.



Conclusion, QS is a profession in the construction industry where to advice the client in term of monetary, quality and time. Therefore, before advising the client, it required analysis on the entire situation which accordance with the contract in order to have more precise advice to the client.

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