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?

COST?

TIME?
WEEKS?
MONTHS? YEAR?

CONSTRUCTION

PROCESSES?
SEQUENCES?

SOURCES?
RESOURCES?
Man? Machine?
PARTIES?

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

CIDB

CI/SfB Sytem

Housing, Non
residential,
Engineering,
Industrial

Civil Engineering,
Building, M&E

Land, CE, Admin

Building, Health
Welfare Building,
Entertainment etc.

BSC

Others

Long term, R&D, Major Engineering,

Capital Plant, Production, Distribution,
One-off Building, Repetitive, Major
overhauls etc.

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

Inception

Establish appointments & requirements

CL, Arch

Feasibility

Established technical possibilities &

specialist

CRep, Arch,
Eng, QS

Outline proposal

Briefs and approaches

All

Scheme design

Spatial arrangements & materials

All

Detailed design

Detail design, drawings and specs

Arch, Eng, QS

Production information

Complete drawing and spec for tender

Arch Eng

Bill of Quantities

BQ production with queries answered

Arch QS

Tender action

Tender process

All

Project planning

Agree on timetable, procedures and

schedule

Cont

Operation on site

Construction, meetings, supervision,

payment

All & Cont

Completion

Handover and DLP

All & Cont

Feedback

Legal responsibility, response etc.

All

Sketch
Plans

PROFESIONAL

Working
Drawings

TASK

Site Operations

STAGE

Briefing

RIBA Plan of Work

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

MAIN
CONTRACT

CONTRACTOR

Conditions of engagement
Domestic SC
Architect

Engineer

Sub
contractor

Contract of sale
Suppliers

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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