BSc Hons Quantity Surveying And Construction Management

Sheffield Hallam University

ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET

BSc in Quantity Surveying
Construction Management

Module Number

77-6966-00S

Assessment

Assessment 01
General quantity surveying practice, construction claims, dispute resolution & p

Assignment Title
Lecturer

Mr. Upul Ranaweera

Student
Number

Student Name
Date Handed Over

Module
Title

&

September 2014
Intake
Quantity Surveying Practice

Program

03.04.2015

Date Submitted

Due Date
Pass/
ReSubmission

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Final Grade
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This assignment constitutes 100% of total module.

Word count for Section 1 is 3000 and Section 2 is 3000.Total word count should be 6000
SECTION 1
General Quantity Surveying Practice and Construction Claims
TASK 1.1
Assume that you are the newly appointed Senior Quantity Surveyor to Ms/ Dunhill Associates
who are providing Quantity Surveying and Cost Consultancy services . You are requested to
submit a report to your Employers agent of one of your projects, who is a non technical personal
but trustworthy educated close relation to the Employer,
In your report introduce the background of quantity surveying practice and explain your roles in
various phases of the project such as feasibility phase, schematic design phase, design
development phase, bidding evaluation and negotiation phase, construction phase,
Your report should inclusive of the following parts;
*executive report,
*introduction on background of the Quantity Surveying,
*QS roles under various phases of project,
*conclusion and recommendations,
*reference

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TASK 1.2.

Assume that you are the Project Quantity Surveyor attached to Ms/ Prime Building Contractors
Ltd. Prepare Final Particulars of your Extension of Time Claim for the delay event occurred due to
encountering physical obstruction in one of your projects named Proposed Shopping Centre at
Mount Garden . You submit your report

to cover the relevant provisions of the FIDIC

Conditions of Contract. Your report shall comprise

* executive summary,
* introduction,
* project details,
* event details,
* delay notice,
* delay analysis,
* contemporary records,
* mitigation actions ,
*extended cost of site overheads and extended cost of head office overheads.

LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR SECTION 1

Develop an understanding, and evaluate the services of Quantity Surveyors within the
construction markets, organisations and the professions as Cost and Contract Managers.

Critically analyse and identify contractual claims issues related to the Claims

Articulate ideas in an appropriate format related to the context.

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SECTION 2
Construction Procurement and dispute resolution
Task 2.1
Recent mineral exploration programs have found that there are several small to medium
mining mineral such as Vein Quartz and calcite in the North of Udawalwae National Park in
Sri Lanka. This area is major habitat of wild elephants and many dry intermediate zone flora
and fauna. Also the area is located in the catchment of Walawe River. Due to the
environmental impact, the wild life conservation department and environmentalist suggest
to have more income generation project surrounding to the area instead of mining.
Subsequently it was proposed to have eco tourism. In this regard it is a requirement to build
cottages, restaurants, swimming pool and high security fence/boundary together with access
way. The investor is a foreign developer, willing to fund this project.
Assume you as the consultant to the project explain and demonstrate with a system how you
would make your selection for the most suitable procurement method to the project. You are
asked to develop the best procurement method to the said project and justify why you
arrived to this decision in technically, contractually, economically and environmentally. This
demonstration should be present in professional manner. Support with available
procurement methods and reasons for non selective procurement methods.
Task 2.2
In the above project the investor is having experience in the construction disputes. How
would you make advice to him to build the contractual relationship to avoid disputes in the
particular contract. Explain according to the governing law/ADR. Your explanation should
included dispute mitigation actions by the client and other team members / external factors,
etc.
The investor is thinking about implication of international change of crude oil price and
price escalation to the project, as it is schedule to commence the project on this year.
Discuss how you cater with this if disputes arise.

REPORT STRUCTUREFOR THE ASSIGNMENT

Paper Size
: A4
Word Count
: 6000 words

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Printing Margins
Binding Margin
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Printing
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Presentation

: LHS; RHS: 1 Inch 25 mm

: Inch 12 mm
: 1 Inch
: Single Sided
: 12
: 1.5
: Arial/Times New Roman
: Bound Document

Important Information for Students

The assignment should be submitted as a SOFT COPY in a word format ONLY (CD
ONLY) as well as HARD COPY on or before the due date.

Please note that plagiarism is treated as a serious offence and therefore the work you
produce must be individual and original although may work in groups in some instances
(Please refer to Student Handbook on Plagiarism & Cheating).

All sources of information must be referenced using Harvard referencing where a

reference listing should be included at the end of the assignment

Introduce the facts in reports under decimal notations. .

Please note that the submission date given for this assignment is the final date that you can
hand over the assignment. No late submissions are allowed. (Please refer to the Student
Handbook on Assessments - Late Submissions).

Please refer to Student Handbook on Assignments Re-submission.

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