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BSc Hons Quantity Surveying And Construction ManagementSheffield Hallam UniversityASSESSMENT COVER SHEET

ProgramBSc in Quantity Surveying & Construction ManagementSeptember 2014 Intake

Module Number77-6966-00SModule TitleQuantity Surveying Practice

AssessmentAssessment 01

Assignment TitleGeneral quantity surveying practice, construction claims, dispute resolution & procurement selection

LecturerMr. Upul Ranaweera

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Date Handed Over03.04.2015Due Date

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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 1.1Assume 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

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.

SECTION 2

Construction Procurement and dispute resolution

Task 2.1Recent 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 2.2In 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 Printing Margins: LHS; RHS: 1 Inch 25 mm Binding Margin: Inch 12 mm Header and Footer: 1 Inch Printing: Single Sided Basic Font Size: 12 Line Spacing: 1.5 Font Style: Arial/Times New Roman Presentation: 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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