Course Name:
QUANTITY SURVEYING
Course
Description
This course provides a basic understanding of the methods used to prepare
1. a building and/or bridge construction cost estimate,
2. earthwork costs.
The students learn to do quantity takeoff utilizing plans and specifications.
Number of Units
for Lecture and
Laboratory
1 unit lecture
1 unit computation
Number of
Contact Hours
per week
1 hour lecture
3 hours computation
Prerequisite
Building Systems Design
Program
Outcome/s
Addressed by the
Course
Course
Outcomes
a-E, d-E, f-E, g-E, i-E, k-E, l-E
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
1. Determine quantity of various building materials
2. Develop bid costs for materials, labor and equipment for several
construction project elements.
3. Evaluate total cost of engineering projects, including labor fringes,
taxes, bonding fees, insurance, overhead and profit.
Lecture
I. Review of Specifications and Plans/ Details
a.
b.
c.
d.
Invitation to bid
General conditions
Special conditions
Bid form
II. Detailed Quantity Survey
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Concrete
Masonry
Steel
Electrical System
Sanitary/ Plumbing System
Mechanical System
Earthworks
III. Unit Cost Derivation
Course Outline
a.
b.
c.
d.
Labor
Material
Equipment
Subcontractor
IV. Summary of Total Project Costs
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Labor, material, equipment and subcontractor costs
Labor fringes, taxes and insurance costs
Material and equipment taxes
Bond and insurance costs
Overhead and profit
Laboratory
Exercise 1 Preparation of review comments of construction
documents
Exercise 2 Quantity takeoff
a. Earthworks
b. Concrete Elements
c. Masonry
d. Structural Steel
e. Electrical Systems
f. Sanitary/ Plumbing Systems
g. Mechanical System
Exercise 3 Unit Cost Derivation based on Method of Construction
a.
b.
c.
d.
Labor
Material
Equipment
Subcontractor
Exercise 4 Preparation of Program of Work
Exercise 5 Preparation of Summary of Total Project Cost
Exercise 6 Preparation of Bid Document/ Bid Forms
Exercise 7 Bid Analysis and Unbalanced Bids
Laboratory
Equipment
Suggested
reference books
Computers
Peurifoy, Robert L., Oberlender, Garold D. (2002).
Estimating Construction Costs w/ CD-ROM, 5th (or current) edition.
McGraw-Hill