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The Role of a Quantity Surveyor Throughout the Lifecycle of a Construction Project
The QS is a major key player in a construction project. The involvement of QS in different phases of a project is obligatory in order to meet the project requirement. QS acts as a ‘Financial police’ for a project. The role of a QS is different when working for different organizations such as consultant and main contractor. In order to know the involvement of QS in each project phase when working as a consultant QS and main contractor QS, this study is carried out through data collection by means of a survey done with the QS professionals working currently in the industry. The findings from the survey revealed that the role of the QS working in a consultant and main contractor organization is much different w.r.t to requirement, work and project. The required competencies, skills and experience will also matter when working in the industry as professional QS. Various software tools used by the QS were also found out during this study. Knowledge of the role of a QS in an entire project lifecycle when working for different organizations like consultant and main contractor will help in understanding the things in better way w.r.t to services to be provided, activities, objectives and scope stated for the project which in turn will reflect the professional way of approaching and working in the industry. The study will also be useful to civil engineering graduates who are willing to opt for the quantity surveying profession, industry quantity surveying professionals, educational institutions, service providers and other stakeholders in the construction industry.
The Role of a Quantity Surveyor Throughout the Lifecycle of a Construction Project
The QS is a major key player in a construction project. The involvement of QS in different phases of a project is obligatory in order to meet the project requirement. QS acts as a ‘Financial police’ for a project. The role of a QS is different when working for different organizations such as consultant and main contractor. In order to know the involvement of QS in each project phase when working as a consultant QS and main contractor QS, this study is carried out through data collection by means of a survey done with the QS professionals working currently in the industry. The findings from the survey revealed that the role of the QS working in a consultant and main contractor organization is much different w.r.t to requirement, work and project. The required competencies, skills and experience will also matter when working in the industry as professional QS. Various software tools used by the QS were also found out during this study. Knowledge of the role of a QS in an entire project lifecycle when working for different organizations like consultant and main contractor will help in understanding the things in better way w.r.t to services to be provided, activities, objectives and scope stated for the project which in turn will reflect the professional way of approaching and working in the industry. The study will also be useful to civil engineering graduates who are willing to opt for the quantity surveying profession, industry quantity surveying professionals, educational institutions, service providers and other stakeholders in the construction industry.
The Role of a Quantity Surveyor Throughout the Lifecycle of a Construction Project
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Laishram, Boeing (editor) / Tawalare, Abhay (editor) / Reddy, Basavaraj Chandrashekar (author) / Nanyam, V. P. S. Nihar (author) / Haldankar, Mithil (author)
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering ; 2020
2021-12-15
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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