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Q:What is the attitude that everybody should have when choosing their career? In whatever profession, be it architect, be it engineer or be it any other profession, you must have passion of what you are doing, if you have interest of it, something that you wanted to do well, then only you can come out with a good result, a good output. Otherwise, you will not do anything, be it in any of the profession, you will not come out with a good achievement. Without coming out with any good achievement you will not be recognized. So, I will say, whatever profession that you choose, you must stay focus. If you are doing something that you are interested with, you will excel from there.
FOCUS + I NTEREST =
SUCCESS OVERVIEW OF THE JOB
SPECIAL THANKS TO: MS. ADELINE TAN TAYLORS UNIVERSITY PCM QS CONSULTANCY FIRM
preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client undertaking costs analysis for repair and maintenance project work assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies
performing risk and value management and cost control
advising on procurement strategy
identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks
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In whatever profession you choose,
stay focus.
Q: What does QS do?
There will be quantity surveyor in the QS consultancy firm, like what we are doing, is a consultant QS. So, there will be quantity surveyor in the construction firm, to support the project, mainly to lies with the consultant QS for the project. There is also Quantity Surveyor in developer firm. So involvement will be from very basic, fundamental to very end of the construction, the whole process, so the involvement will be from the conceptual design page, where the client would have, for example, the conceptual design for what they are going to do on the piece of land they own. So, from this conceptual drawing,
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I I from this conceptual drawing, a consultant QS building to come up with the feasibility study, to see whether this proposed development, proposed product, whether it is variable to go ahead based on the current market rate, current market demand. So, after this process, when the project is confirm ahead, then the consultant QS, will need to come up with the evaluation, and to advise the client on the whole tendering process on which contractor they can go for.
each one of the quantity surveyor in different type of company are carrying a different role. The quantity surveyor in the consultancy firm, as I said, is acting as a consultant role, meaning that the
tender calling, to get in the contractor, so this will again, involved with the tender document preparation, to invite the contractor to tender, do the
If you do against your will,
you will not come out with a
good result.
Q: What is QS? A: QS is only a short-‐term, the full name is actually “Quantity Surveyor”. There are many type of surveyor in town, a land surveyor, a property surveyor and also, quantity surveyor, which is QS. Quantity, by the name itself, is things related to calculation, related to workout. Quantity in terms of volume, in terms of meter square, in terms of value. We need to quantified the subject, before we could come out with the value, which is quantity surveying. This profession actually involved throughout the whole construction process.
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“ Q: What is your advise toward those who are entering this career? A: you must have interest in this profession. You need to ask back yourself, whether you want to choose this as your career, because after graduating from university, you will have your own profession. You need to ask back yourself, whether you have interest taking up this career? If you are interested, you will excel from there, then this will keep you long there. Otherwise, if you do against your will, you will not come out with a good result.
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We are glad to have MS. ADELINE TAN,
a consultant QS to share her journey with Us. She is the mother of two, and an all-‐duty career woman. For those who are confusing what to profession to go for or what QS is all about, this article is what you are looking for.
“ You need to ask back yourself whenever you have difficulties making decision. ”
TEXT: TAN JADEN
You need to ask back yourself, whether you have interest
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No longer do quantity surveyors just measure and price work, they have a more strategic role. The title of the job
may also be referred to as a construction cost consultant or
commercial manager.
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T A Y L O R ’ S A R C H I T E C T U R E J O U R N A L
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