Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
4501BEKL-JAN-PAR
4501BEKL-SEP-PAR
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 role of quantity surveyor in each project stage (phase) and discuss interactions/collaborations that they have with other project participants.
3.
Identify required inputs, processes, and outputs that a quantity surveyor delivers/executes at each project stage.
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 economics at a glance
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
Introduction to built environment - Characteristics of construction projects
Quantity surveying, construction economics at a glance
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
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.
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.