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CENTRE OF STUDIES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND SURVEYING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

COURSE INFORMATION
PROGRAMME DIPLOMA OF QUANTITY SURVEYING
COURSE CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS III
CODE DQS356
SEMESTER 06
SESSION MARCH – JULY 2020

COURSEWORK
INTRODUCTION
There will be three (3) tasks for this semester. Assessment criteria are explained in the coursework brief. The
final date for submission of the tasks will be determined by the lecturer. The carry mark for these coursework is
50%. The distribution of the carry marks as follow:

Tasks Topics Individual/Group Marks

Task 1 Property Market Individual 15 marks
Task 2 Development Finance Group 15 marks
Task 3 Feasibility Study Group 20 marks
TOTAL 50 marks

ASSESSMENT
1. Marks will be awarded based on coursework marking scheme.
2. Students are required to prepare their own reading and analysis and not to copy from others. Originality of
work will be an added advantage to the group.

DUE DATES
Due dates of every task will be determined by the lecturer.

LATE SUBMISSIONS
Coursework must be handed in by the due date and time. Any submission after the due date will be deemed late.
Late submission will not be marked and will be given a FAIL grade.

PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism in any form is not permitted. The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged.
Where this is suspected, the students will be penalised.

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TASK 1 - PROPERTY MARKET

Coursework objectives:
 To discuss online (via i-learn V3) the related current government policies regarding the Malaysia
property market especially in housing segment.

Coursework brief:
You will be given five (5) topics on government policies that related to property market. All the topics will be
uploaded through i-learn application where you need to discuss online.

Coursework marking scheme

Items Marks
Quality of information and discussion 20
Peer response and participation 10
Spelling, punctuation and grammatical 5
Analytical and critical thinking 5
TOTAL 40 marks
5 topics x 40 marks = 200 marks (reduce to 15 marks)

TASK 2 - DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

Coursework Objectives:
 To prepare case study analysis on various sources and methods of finance available in the construction
industry.

Coursework Brief:
You are required to conduct a data collection from one (1) selected contractor and discuss on the following
requirements:
1. Discuss at least three (3) finance facilities normally used to complete the project.
2. Produce a written report based on the marking scheme.

Coursework marking scheme

Items Marks
Introduction 10
Contents 60
 Source of finance
 Methods of financing
 Conditions of borrowing
 Tenure
 Collateral (if any)
 Insurances (if any)
 Cost of financing
Conclusion 10
Evidences / Appendixes 5
Overall structure of the report 5
Peer evaluation 10
TOTAL 100 marks
Reduce to 15 marks

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TASK 3 - FEASIBILITY STUDY

Coursework Objectives:
 To prepare a document of a cash flow projection as a part of feasibility study exercise for construction
project.

Coursework Brief:
You are required to prepare a cash flow projection of a feasibility study for the following project:

CADANGAN MEMBINA DAN MENYIAPKAN 80 UNIT RUMAH TERES SETINGKAT (24’ X 65’), 120
UNIT RUMAH TERES 2 TINGKAT (20’ X 70’) DAN 25 UNIT RUMAH BANGLO 2 TINGKAT (35’ X 80’)
BESERTA KERJA-KERJA INFRASTRUKTUR DI ATAS TANAH 13 EKAR DI BANDAR UNIVERSITI,
SERI ISKANDAR, PERAK UNTUK TETUAN GOLDEN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SDN. BHD.

Coursework marking scheme

Items Marks
Introduction 10
Contents (cash flow projection) 60
 Gross development Value (GDV)
 Gross development Cost (GDC)
 Construction cost
 Pre-development cost
Conclusion / Advise 10
Evidences / Appendixes 5
Overall structure of the report 5
Peer evaluation 10
TOTAL 100 marks
Reduce to 20 marks

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PEER EVALUATION FORM

Name
Student ID
Assignment
Read the statement below and give the suitable score to your peers based on the Likert Scale.

“This person is able to complete all works assigned to him/her within the time
frame stipulated by the group members. He/she is very helpful, cooperate as
well as having positive attitude during the production process of the
assignment. He/she is valuable asset for the group. I am looking forward to
work with him/her again”.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Strongly Neutral Strongly
Disagree Agree
Likert Scale

Peers (full name) Score

Information here is strictly private and confidential. Don’t share your evaluation with others. Lecturer
also will not reveal the information with the students.

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