Welcome
Building economics
Ms. Dianne Kok Hui Wei is my building economics module's (QSB 60804) lecturer. This is a 4 credit hours module. This module provides an overview of the Quantity Surveyor’s role during the pre-tender stage of a development. The students will be introduced to practical situations of the various methods of controlling the cost of buildings at the design stage. Students also will be introduced to the relationship between building morphology, design variables and life cycle costing of a building. Students are also given the opportunity to learn and apply information technology in the cost planning.
learning outcomes
I'm able to:
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Raise my awareness of the nature, content, and significance of cost control, cost planning and understand the roles of project teams towards fulfilling client needs.
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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 outcomes.
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Raise 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.
assignment
We were requested by Ms. Dianne to form a group with 8 members (Cecilia Tie, Lau Sii, Khor Seem Leng, Stephanie Yeoh, Lai Ken Min, Ng Ding Boon, Kevin Hii & Chua Jia Cheng). We were required to complete a cost appraise and present to Ms. Dianne who acts as our client.
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We had prepared our benchmark project which helps in justify the cost of the building. Quantity and rates must be shown in the detailed appraisal.
Assignment Brief as shown as below:
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"You are part of an established Project Management and Cost Consulting Company in Malaysia. The client is a developer from Singapore and he wants to invest in a piece of land in KL. He has paid for your services to come up with a Cost Appraisal for him."
Through this assignment, I had learnt how to calculate the quantities of the selected area and build up the rates for each items. Reading the assignment brief, drawings provided and Technical Conditions of Tender is a must while doing assignment. Furthermore, teamwork is utmost important in group assignment. We discussed the questions together and solved them out.
Excel file of our cost appraisal.
Our presentation PPT.
Green Building Benchmark that we chose is KKR2 Tower.
Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities (TGC)
The Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities (TGC) Portfolio is a document that collates all assessments produced in a module and reflects a student’s acquisition of the Module Learning Outcomes and Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities.
thinking and problem solving skills
I'm able to think critically while doing this assignment. I also define and analyse problems to arrive at effective solutions.
disipline specific knowledge
I'm able to put what i learned during lecture class into this assignment.