How innovation and creativity can enhance the profile of quantity surveyor for future & how QS buisness

can be strategy enhance by innovation and creativity.

A quantity surveyor should:

have a sound knowledge of building construction

be proficient in maths
have a logical, methodical approach to work have excellent communication skills

be computer literate.
Be CREATIVITY and INNOVATIVE

Creativity and innovation of quantity surveyor and how it can improve and enhance the profile and the business

CREATIVITY
Swartz defines creative thinking as finding new and

improved ways to do things and that success hinges on finding ways to do things better. Florida found that the creative class has an important influence on the aesthetics and the development of cities, and according to him, creativity may also ensure economic development and growth

CREATIVITY involve the people with an ability to create new ideas, technologies, models and values; include quantity

surveying.

In respect of creativity, Florida distinguishes three elements as characteristics of the creative class. These are: technology, talent tolerance

the three Ts
Technology: knowledge and products of

knowledge.
technology is playing a larger part in CI The success of the construction industry is increasingly predicated on technology

the three Ts
Technology: knowledge and products of

knowledge.
technology is playing a larger part in CI The success of the construction industry is increasingly predicated on technology

 Talent: ability of human creative capital in a

society. Talent is intelligence, confidence and natural ability. It's too easy to fall back on thinking someone is gifted, when really that isn't necessarily true

 Tolerance: openness thinking , inclusiveness of people,

and mobilization of talents. It allows people of many cultures, backgrounds, religions, races and beliefs to participate and work together in an economy or in an entity .

Construction project always carried out in team, which consist of architect, quantity surveyor, project manager, engineer and others. Attitude of tolerance within the team members is needed to succeed the project.

 creativity as a social process, continuously shaped by

values, norms, practices and structures and that individual persons could develop their own skills, knowledge and resources and commitment to different forms of creative activities

INNOVATION
Freeman (1989) describes innovation as non-trivial

change and improvement in a process, product or system that is novel to the institution developing the change. Innovation can be radical, involving technical breakthrough and the emergence of new products, services, organizational forms etc. a firm does not have to be the first firm to do something new or different in order to be described as innovating.

Quantity Surveyor need for more open constructive attitudes. organizations in construction need to have in place supportive organizational mechanisms of a financial, technological, constructional, organizational and behavioral nature . need to trial and adopt mature new technologies if they are to keep up with sector wide innovation.

How to success in innovation requires strong leadership, a culture of sharing information co-operative working appropriate infrastructure to support implementation

Laborde & Sanvido (1994) offer a model of the process of innovation; i.e. the stages involved in identification of options, evaluation and selection, implementation and feedback from the results of innovation

The RICS was rated as a more important source of knowledge and information for resource innovation 1 Sources within the firm 2 Sources within the firms enterprise group 3 Clients 4 Competitor quantity surveying firms 5 Other professional service firms/consultancy firms 6 Professional conferences, meetings, publications

7 Government (regulation changes) 8 Universities 9 Suppliers of software & equipment 10 Banks & other financial institutions 11 Computer based information networks 12 Government & private research institutions

the impact of innovation within the firm Reduce costs Expand fee income Improve profit margins Improve quality of services Extend range of services Replace existing services Enhance ability to adapt Bring new clients to firm Enhance reputation Fulfill government regulations