QUANTITY SURVEYING TOPICS

Background to the study

Both direct negotiation with the owner or his agents and competitive bidding are viable options for securing construction contracts. Direct negotiation is the more common of the two (Adegbile, 2022). When just one company submits a bid for a job, the process is known as nomination or negotiation, and it does not include any kind of competition (Ashworth, 2022). The owner of a construction project will use competitive tendering, which involves...

Background Of Study

Every step in the building process involves significant back-and-forth communication between the many parties involved in the project on a daily basis. As a result of this, the construction sector is one of the businesses that relies on information the most. Information technology (IT) has been extensively implemented across a broad variety of industries in order to boost competitiveness and...

ABSTRACT

There is dearth of information on output level of building operatives in Nigeria, consequently, the output constants currently used for preparation of construction estimates are remnants of British colonial heritage or derived from untested experiences. Therefore this study aims at empirically determining output constants for floor finishes (screeds and tiles) for building project in Abuja. The objectives are to identify the productivity fa...

Abstract

This research project is designed to analyze the impact of feasibility/viability study on capital project development in Nigeria using Owerri as a case study and looking at how construction practitioners, specifically the quantity surveyors in the Nigerian construction industry have made use of feasibility/viability appraisal for success of construction of capital project. This research also identify how feasibility/viability appraisal can be carried o...

ABSTRACT

This study covered the assessment of the survival practices of quantity surveying firms in a recessed economy. Research hypothesis were formulated and analyzed. We found out that From the collected and analyzed data, there is a significant difference in the view of the various categories of Quantity Surveyors as to the level of adoption of various survival strategies by Quantity Surveying Firms in Imo State and there is a significant difference in...

ABSTRACT

Lack of in-depth knowledge of whole life costing implication in building design cost management has over the years fueled the increasing bias towards the quantity surveyors estimate. Whole life costing constitutes cost management tool that enhances better understanding of the cost implication of building design over its life cycle. This study investigated the use of whole life costing in the Nigerian construction industry with focus in Imo...

ABSTRACT

Value management is widely accepted as a technique in achieving value for money. In accordance with the stipulation of the Public Procurement Act in Nigeria that value for money practices should be followed in procuring public assets and services, this study aims to assess the Nigerian construction industry’s readiness to adopt value management ...

ABSTRACT

The construction industry is inherently hazardous. Thus, there is a need to make the construction site a safe place to work although the poor safety record remains a concern. The determination of the aggregate costs of health and safety programmes is considered a leap for achieving construction safety in construction project delivery. This study evaluated the costs of health and safety programmes in building project delivery. The study determined among othe...

EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY

In this study, our focus was to carryout an appraisal of factors militating against the effective implementation of formal risk management techniques in project delivery. The study specifically was aimed at determining the internal barriers that militating against the effective implementation of formal risk management techniques in project delivery, determining the external barriers that militating against the effective implementation of formal risk management...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Until relatively recently, the discipline of development appraisal has remained the provenance of surveyors and developers. It largely been ignored by other participants in the development process, particularly planners, architects and construction specialists. This is now changing. Close attention is now paid to the feasibility and viability (and profitability) of development proposals as government and other stakeholders seek to extract dev...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

In terms of economic growth and job prospects, the construction industry is one of the most significant (Powell, Hassan, Dainty, and Carter, 2007). According to Adeyemi, Ojo, Aina, and Olanipekun (2006), the Nigerian construction sector accounts for around 7% of fixed capital creation and contributes 3% to the country's gro...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The construction industry's productivity is extremely important to its efficiency. According to Adnan et al (2007), the nation's economy would continue to face setbacks unless the productivity level of building operations is enhanced. As a result, increasing productivity has become a top pri...