DEPARTMENT OF QUANTITY SURVEYING
QSV 102 ASSIGNMENT
BY
ADEWUMI OLUMIDE DAVID
QSV/13/44O7
A. DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF A QUANTITY SURVEYOR AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS,
B. WRITE THE HISTORY OF QUANTITY SURVEYING IN ANY COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE.
SUBMITTED ON 20TH OF AUGUST, 2014
To Miss Ajobiewe D.T Question A
1. A quantity surveyor is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts-www.wikipedia.com
2. A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the amounts of materials needed for building work and how much they cost-www.oxforddictionaries.com
3. A quantity surveyor is a professional person who as been educated, trained, and qualified to manage cost effectiveness in building projects-www.surveyors.com
4. A quantity surveyor is a construction professional whose main expertise is primarily to carry out an estimate, project cost control and quantities take off. His duties also includes commercial, risk and contract management to ensure that the party he works for get the best value for money and to allow smooth project flow form inception stage to completion stage-www.picqs.com(Philippines institute of chartered quantity surveyors)
5. A quantity surveyor is someone whose job is to carry out how much a building, road, or any other structure will cost, taking into account the quantities of wood, bricks, and other materials needed-www.macmilliandictionaries.com
6. The quantity surveyor is a trained personnel that does the mathematical processes used in estimating cost of a new building construction, improvement and reproduction-www.businessdictionaries.com
7. A quantity surveyor is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with building costs. The profession is one that provides a qualification gained following formal education, specific training and experience that provide a general set of skills that are then applied to a diverse variety of