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6CN008 CQS (Management) – Qatar
Recent initiatives in Construction & Changing role of
the
QS
Q 1: Briefly discuss some recent initiatives/reports that have
impacted the roles ofthe QS:– Discuss roles of QS before
initiatives.– Discuss current role of QS.– Future role of QS.
The following reports specifically affecting the QS are seen
as:
- Constructing the Team (Latham, 1994)1 [because the QS was
not even
mentioned!!]
- Improving value for money in construction (Atkin
and Flanagan, 1995)2
[because it mentioned cost savings, seen as the remit of the
QS]
- Towards a 30% productivity improvement in construction
(Construction
Industr !oard, 199")# because it mentioned cost savings,
seen as the remit
of the QS]
- Rethining construction ($gan, 199%)4
- !odernising Construction "#$& '00()
- $ccelerating Change (&'thinking Construction,
22)5
1 Latham, ir, *icha'l (1994) Constructing the Team: *oint
review of procurement and contractual
arrangements+ London +*++.+2 &IC (1995) improving value
for money in construction+ London &IC# Construction
Industr !oard (199") Towards a 30% productivity improvement in
construction+ London
/homas /'l0ord+4 $gan, L (199%) Rethining
construction: the report of the Construction Tas ,orce to the
-eputy .rime
!inister& /ohn .rescott& on the scope for
improving the uality and efficiency of 12+ London
&'thinking
Construction+5 $gan, L (22) $ccelerating Change: $
report y the Strategic ,orum for Construction+ London
&'thinking
Construction+
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