Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Workshop
Module Offerings
4335BEUG-SEP-CTY
Aims
To develop a holistic understanding of a modern quantity surveyor's roles, interactions, collaborations, and value propositions throughout construction project lifecycle.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Define stages (phases) of a typical construction project and identify project participants involved.
2.
Review the quantity surveyor's role in each project stage (phase), discuss interactions/collaborations with other project participants, and Identify required inputs, processes, and outputs that a quantity surveyor delivers/executes at each project stage.
3.
Collaborate and contribute effectively in group work, prepare and deliver professional presentations, utilize appropriate technology for group collaboration and presentations, reflect on and evaluate group work and presentation performance
4.
Establish links between quantity surveyor's standard tasks and activities
conducted at each project phase and professional body competencies.
5.
Identify rules of conduct and ethical code of quantity surveying professional
practice.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction to built environment - Characteristics of construction projects
Quantity surveying, construction economist at a glance - local and global context
QS Roles, Responsibilities, Ethics and Collaborations in Preparation Stages
QS Roles, Responsibilities, Ethics and Collaborations in Design Stages
QS Roles, Responsibilities, Ethics and Collaborations during Tendering
QS Roles, Responsibilities, Ethics and Collaborations in Construction
QS Roles, Responsibilities, Ethics and Collaborations in Handover & Close Out
Module Overview:
In this module you will develop a holistic understanding of a modern quantity surveyor's roles, interactions, collaborations, and value propositions throughout construction project lifecycle.
In this module you will develop a holistic understanding of a modern quantity surveyor's roles, interactions, collaborations, and value propositions throughout construction project lifecycle.
Additional Information:This module aims to provide student with holistic understanding of a modern quantity surveyor's roles, interactions, collaborations, and value propositions throughout construction project lifecycle