MOHAMAD NURARIFULLAH ABU BAKAR

950325-115877

Q1.HURAIKAN BESERTA DEFINASI DAN CONTOH-CONTOH APAKAH JURUUKURBAHAN?
EXPLAIN WITH DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES WHAT IS QUANTITY SURVEYORS?
Definition
Quantity Surveyors job is to estimate the building cost. Each building can be
divided into different parts, cost of each part can be estimated and by adding cost of
all parts of building together will give contractors an estimated cost for the whole
work.
Elaborations
It's been proved in practice that by adding cost of quantities, material used for
project and labour will provide us with the total cost of the project. We must not
forget that the bill provided by quantity surveyor is an estimate and it is prepared
before any work starts to give a contractor estimated cost. Contractor then agrees to
do the work based on the estimated cost that represents the proposed work.
Position of Quantity surveyor came available after builders realised how much
work it requires to do all the measurements and calculations and it would be much
more cost effective for them all to employ one person to do it. As soon as they
implement this in practice architects and employers soon realised the effectiveness
of quantity surveyors.
The estimated cost of construction work prepared by quantity surveyor is used
for tendering. Each builder can therefore price the work that needs to be done based
on same bill of quantities and this is what gives building industry a healthy
competition up until now.
Every good quantity surveyor must have a good knowledge of building
materials and construction. Surveyor must be very systematic and careful to provide
correct calculations as well as be able to visualise drawings and details. To make
sure that the quantity bill is accurate, surveyor needs to be sure of all requirements
of architects. Thus, quantity surveyor should work well with architects. Arranged bill
needs to be clear and easily understood to prevent any costly misunderstandings.
The explanation will be in further details by the help of example of provided.
Examples
A miscalculation will be a great disadvantage for the tenderers as it will affect
the estimation as well as overall cost as proposed during the bidding and this
shouldnt happen if the quantity surveyor have lots of experience and understand the
distinctive of their job in the construction field.

MOHAMAD NURARIFULLAH ABU BAKAR
950325-115877

The cost should be calculated very carefully and will be presented in a report.
Here is an example of report that was made for a quantity surveyor.

Figure 1