Thursday, 11 July 2013

QSB3214 - Building Economic

QSB3214 Building Economic


Lecturers  - Miss Dianne Kok Hui Wen
                       Mr Ho June Khai



Module Teaching Objectives

The teaching objectives of the module are:
1. To develop an awareness of the nature, content, and significance of cost control, cost planning and
understand the roles of project teams towards fulfilling client needs.
2. To develop awareness of the effect of design variables in obtaining an economical design and to appreciate
the role of the quantity surveyor in pre- and post-contract stages.


Module Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Identify the role and responsibilities of Quantity Surveyors in the overall development process and to match the relationship between cost and design to a value outcome.
2. Explain various methods of pre-tender estimating.
3. Outline the importance of cost studies to enhance the role of Quantity Surveyor in the development process.
4. Produce an estimate at pre-tender stage, cost plan based on historical data and S-curve for financial
planning to a proposed project.


Syllabus of Building Economics
1)         Introduction of Building Economics
2)         The Concept of Cost Control
3)         Detailed Cost Planning and Cost Control
4)         Cost Modelling
            i)   Purpose of Preliminary Estimate
            ii)  Techniques of Preliminary Estimates
5)         Investment and Development Appraisals
6)         Life Cycle Costing
7)         Cost Analysis, Indices and Data
8)         IT and Cost Planning
9)         Building Morphology and Design Economics 


Mid-Term Test

Objective: 
1) To learn the knowledge of  concept of cost control and cost modelling
2) To enable us to understand and investigate the topic taught by lecturer

Learning Outcome: 
1) We deeply understand the topic that had taught by lecturer
2) We will master the topic that the lecturer taught
3) After the midterm test, we deeply know the knowledge of Concept of Cost Control and Cost Model

 Assignment :

  Individual

 

 Group Assignment

 


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