Quantity Surveying

Appreciate how legal, political and social issues shape our sector and its role in the economy. Understand the project lifecycle and the RIBA Plan of Work. Identify the industry’s stakeholders and professions and your chosen profession’s key responsibilities in meeting client objectives.

Explore the causes of climate change and the challenges of sustainable development, with particular focus on the construction and property sector. Examine the relationship between property and the environment along with the criteria used to measure sustainability in relation to finished construction projects.

Gain an understanding of the organisational structures within the sector. Appreciate the role of business planning and the accounting concepts that support decision making. Consider the importance and benefits of client management, professionalism, ethical practice and diversity in the workforce.

Establish a foundation knowledge of buildings, the environment and technology, also considering them from a sustainability perspective. Develop your communication skills and construction literacy with real-world examples of construction projects, including traditional masonry and roof construction.

Dive into the legal and regulatory requirements that relate to the construction and property sector, along with the legal environment in the context of planning, design and occupation and health and safety as it relates to both design and construction activity.

Gain familiarity with your chosen discipline and develop basic discipline specific knowledge and skills. Undertake a discipline specific task that will develop your understanding of client’s objectives, industry sources of information and the benefits of collaborative practice.

The relationship between a building’s design, environment and occupants is complex. With the overarching theme of human comfort, break down the individual factors – heat, air moisture sound and light within these aspects of a building, and how each of these factors affect one another, in the context of domestic or office environments.

Explore construction costs and the methods used to manage and control them from a project’s inception. Examine what affects the costs and how they can be controlled by considering the application of RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM). Understand the significance of lifecycle costs.

Develop a broader understanding of law and apply it to common eventualities on construction and building services projects. Gain the contractual knowledge required to deal on behalf of all parties associated with construction contracts, from inception to completion.

Build knowledge of the process of measurement and quantification during the pre-tender process, with particular focus on the traditional measurement process and the production of an unpriced bill of quantities (BOQ). Develop quantification skills to measure common elements of construction work.

Explore the key principles, codes of practice and procedures governing the procurement and tendering of construction projects. Develop your understanding of the various procurement processes and tendering methods, while considering the demand for sustainable practices.

Learn the principles and techniques of programming and planning on construction projects, with particular focus on the quantity surveyor’s role to monitor the financial and programme aspects. Appreciate the importance of a project programme and the principles of how change affects costs.

Develop specific research skills and techniques that allow you to investigate issues and situations related to your area of interest, and apply these to an industry-related problem. Gain analytical skills and learn techniques that will directly enhance your employability skills.

Understand how to perform effective post contract cost control process during the construction phase of a project. Learn how costs and risks are managed and reported and how cost management techniques are used in valuing variations to work, monthly valuations and settlement of final accounts.

The dynamic environment that contracting organisations operate in means they need to be astute when bidding for work to sustain turnover and profit margins whilst enhancing stakeholder value. Explore the strategic and operational issues these firms encounter in a competitive commercial environment.

Gain a greater appreciation of more complex and innovative construction and infrastructure projects and their measurement. Understand the principles of measurement in civil engineering, mechanical and electrical, modern methods of construction and refurbishment and retrofit projects.

Develop a comprehensive understanding of the professional and contemporary practices in quantity surveying by exploring a range of global industry issues and challenges. Explore the essential skills, knowledge, tools and sustainability advancements required in today’s environment.

Establish an up-to-date understanding of the developments, issues and arguments that dominate contemporary debate and policy making within the built environment, and formulate your own line of enquiry and analysis, informed by your own critical review.