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? TYPE? APPROACHES? TIME? WEEKS? MONTHS? YEAR? SOURCES? RESOURCES? Man? Machine?

CONSTRUCTION

PARTIES?

COST?

PROCESSES? SEQUENCES?

WORKS? RULES? REGULATIONS?

What is Construction Industry?

P1 S2 CIDB Act 1994 Act 520 Construction Industry is an industry concerning all construction works.
Town & Country Planning Act 1971 The 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
Installation Renewal Maintenance Construction Dismantling Demolition Renovation Extension Repair Alteration

OF

BUILDING TYPE STRUCTURE

CIVIL ENG STRUCTURE

CANAL, MECH & ELEC SEWERAGE WORKS & PIPE

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
CAPITAL to finance the development process

LAND to be develope d

RESOURCE S in the form of labour and material

Essential elements
ENTREPRENEUR to initiate and manage the
development

FUND from public or private sources

The Construction Categories

Generally
Housing, Non residential, Engineering, Industrial

CIDB
Civil Engineering, Building, M&E

CI/SfB Sytem
Land, CE, Admin Building, Health Welfare Building, Entertainment etc.

BSC
Long term, R&D, Major Engineering, Capital Plant, Production, Distribution, One-off Building, Repetitive, Major overhauls etc.

Others
Building, Highways, Heavy Construction, Residential, Industrial etc.

Features of Construction Industry

Each are FRAGMENTATION UNIQUE - Design, Crafts, Location, Experts, Complex, Characters, Combined effort, Design, Product, Parties involved Conditions, Circumstances etc.

Design and Construction Process

INTITIAL STAGE

DETAILED DESIGN STAGE

TENDER STAGE
CONTRACT STAGE

RIBA Plan of Work

STAGE A B C D E F G H J K L M Inception Feasibility Outline proposal Scheme design Detailed design Production information Bill of Quantities Tender action Project planning Operation on site Completion Feedback TASK Establish appointments & requirements Established technical possibilities & specialist Briefs and approaches Spatial arrangements & materials Detail design, drawings and specs Complete drawing and spec for tender BQ production with queries answered Tender process Agree on timetable, procedures and schedule Construction, meetings, supervision, payment Handover and DLP Legal responsibility, response etc. PROFESIONAL CRep, Arch, Eng, QS All All Arch, Eng, QS Arch Eng Arch QS All Cont All & Cont All & Cont All
Sketch Plans

Site Operations

Working Drawings

Briefing

CL, Arch

Forms of Construction Project Procurement

Procedure of converting a requirement or requisition into a performable contract

TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT INTERGRATED METHODS METHODS METHODS

Project Participants
CLIENT Employer, Owner, Developer CONSULTANT CONTRACTOR
Project Manager, Planners, Designers, Architect, Engineer, Quantity Surveyors, Land Surveyors, ID, Landscape, Other specialist

Main Contractor, Subcontractor, Specialist, Labour only subcon, Design & build contractors

Other Participants
Materials and Equipment Suppliers Sectors Manpower Finance Sector Approving Sectors

Contractual Relationship
EMPLOYER
Conditions of engagement Domestic SC Architect Engineer Contract of sale Suppliers
MAIN CONTRACT

CONTRACTOR

Sub contractor

NSC

Quantity Surveyor

Nominated Sub Con

Whos 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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