HND in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics

Background materials, labour activities and the like were

The BTEC Higher Nationals are designed to
provide a specialist vocational programme,
linked to professional body requirements and
National Occupational Standards where
appropriate, with a strong work related
emphasis. The BTEC Higher Nationals offer a
strong emphasis on practical skills development
alongside the development of requisite
knowledge and understanding in their industry.
The key progression path for BTEC Higher
National Certificate and Diploma learners is to
the second or third year of a degree or honours
degree programme, depending on the match of
the BTEC Higher National units to the degree
programme in question.
HND in Quantity Surveying and
Construction Economics
A HND in Quantity Surveying and Construction
Economics can lead to a professional career in
Quantity Surveying. A Quantity Surveyor (QS) or
Cost Engineer is a professional person working
within the construction industry. The role of the
QS is, in general terms, to manage and control
costs within construction projects and may
involve the use of a range of management
procedures and technical tools to achieve this
goal. The profession developed during the 19th
century from the earlier "measurer", a specialist
tradesman (often a guild member), who
prepared standardised schedules for a building
project in which all of the construction
quantified and against which competing builders
could submit priced tenders. Because the
tenders were each based on the same schedule
of information, they would be easily compared
to find the most suitable candidate. In Countries
such as USA you can work as a cost engineer,
project cost controller, or cost manager. Having
a recognized qualification in Quantity surveying
can lead into specialist areas such as, value
management, dispute resolution, arbitration,
insurance and many related areas in the
Industry.
Professional Recognition
The following is an indication of relevant
professional bodies who recognize or are likely
to recognize these BTEC Higher Nationals in
Construction and their recommended unit
structure, as a qualification contributing
towards their requirements:
• The Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS)
• Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri
Lanka ( IQSSL)
• Australian Institute of Quantity
Surveyors (AIQS)
• The Chartered Institute of Building
(CIOB)
• The Australian Institute of Building
(AIB)

Course Structure

Core Units Specialist Units Specialist Units

Design Principles & Application Technology A Tendering & Estimating
Science & Materials Technology B Measurement A
Analytical Methods Law & Contract Measurement B

Management Principles & Building Services Worked based learning A

Application Engineering Technology
Group Project Contractual procedures IT Applications – General (0.5
unit & IT Application Surveying
& Measuring (0.5 unit)
Health, Safety & Welfare Individual student project Construction Economics

In addition students will be required to complete a communication course and mathematics if they do not
have a mathematics back ground- these subjects will be provided by the school.