CI SBEQ 3333 - 20192020-1 Prof - Practice Procedure

Department/
Department of Quantity Surveying Page 2 of 5

Faculty Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying
Course code SBEQ 3333 Academic Session/Semester 20192020 /1
Course name Professional Practices and Procedures Pre/Co-requisite (course

Credit hours 3 name and code, if applicable)
PLO Taxonomies
Weight T&L Assessment
No. Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) (ICGPA and generic
(%) methods methods***
CODE) skills*
Present information and ideas related
to quantity surveying practice clearly, PLO4 Active
4. 10 P5 A
concisely and confidently using (CS) learning
appropriate tools.
Taxonomies of Learning - **UTM’s Graduate Attributes, where applicable for measurement of outcomes achievement
Assessment methods - **T – Test; Q – Quiz; A – Assignment; PR – Project; Pr – Presentation; F – Final Exam

Details on Innovative T&L practices:
No. Type Implementation

1. Active Learning Conducted through in-class activities
2. Guess lecture Invited speaker to enhanced students understanding and knowledge on the current
practice and trend in quantity surveying

Transferable skills (generic skills learned in course of study which can be useful and utilised in other settings):
Communication skills – CS1; CS2; CS3; CS4 (Discuss, listening, present, usage of technology)
Team working – TS1; TS4 (Interact, communicate, contribute in a team)
Professional Ethics – EM2 (Analyse and make decision in solving ethical problem)
Special requirement to deliver the course (e.g: software, nursery, computer lab, simulation room):
None

Academic honesty and plagiarism:
Assignment report is a GROUP ACTIVITIES. Copying of work (texts, figures, sketches, pictures, etc.) from other
references/students work or from other sources is not allowed. Brief quotations are allowed and then only if indicated
as such. Existing tests should be reformulated with your own words used to explain what you have read. It is not
acceptable to retype existing texts and just acknowledge the source as a reference. All assignments need to go through
Turnitin check. Be warned; students who submit copied work will obtain a mark of zero for the assignment and
disciplinary action may be taken by the Faculty. It is also unacceptable to do somebody else’s work, to lend your work
to them or to make your work available to them to copy.

Other additional information (Course policy, any specific instruction etc.):
None

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Student learning time (SLT) details:

Distribution Teaching and Learning Activities
of student
Learning TOTAL
Time (SLT) Independent Learning SLT
Guided Learning Guided Learning
Course Non-Face to face (h - Hour)
(Face to Face) Non-Face to Face
content (SCL)
Outline
CLO L T P O
CLO1 16h 15h 31h
CLO2 16h 6h 6h 14h 42h
CLO3 18h 14h 32h
CLO4 9h 9h
CLO5
CLO6
Total SLT for
59h 6h 6h 0 43h 114h
CLOs

Continuous Assessment PLO Percentage Total SLT
1.0 Mid Semester Test KW, AP 20 1.5h
2.0 Case Study and Presentation CS 30 2h
Total SLT for Continuous Assessment 3.5h

Final Assessment Percentage

1.0 Final Examination (CLO2; CLO3) KW, AP 50 2.5h
Total SLT for Final Assessment 2.5h

Total SLT (CLOs + Assessment) 120h

Note: L- Lecture; T-Tutorial; P-Practical; O-Others

Weekly Schedule:

Week 1 : Tender Evaluation and Report
Week 2 : Site Valuation and Progress Payment; Preparation for Site Valuation, Valuation of Materials
on Site, Site Measurement, Valuation of Preliminaries and Preparation of Progress Payment
Certificate.
Week 3 Site Valuation and Progress Payment; Preparation of Progress Payment Certificate and
Application of GST in Construction.
Week 4 Variation Order; Procedures of Variation Order and Valuation of Variation of Works
Week 5 : Contract Price Adjustment; Adjustment of Prime Cost and Provisional Sum, Adjustment for
Variation of Works and Other Adjustments.
Week 6 : Preparation of Final Account; Strategy to Expedite Account Closure, Content and Format of
Final Account Document and Issuance of Final Certificate.
Week 7 : MID TEST WEEK
Week 8 SEMESTER BREAK
Week 9 : Contractor’s Claim; Extension of Time and Loss and Expense.

Week 10 : Termination of Contractor’s Employment; Ground for Termination and Procedures for
Termination.
: Professional Ethics and Quantity Surveyors; Registration of Quantity Surveyors Act 1967,
Week 11
RISM Code of Professional Conduct and Examples of Breach of Professional Conduct
Week 12 : Insurance; Insurance for Construction Works, Professional Indemnity Insurance and
Premiums and Excess Clauses
Week 13 : Quantity Surveying Firms; Legal Requirements, Operational Requirements, Advantages and
Disadvantages of Various Type of Firms and Dissolution of Business
Week 14 : Appointment of Consultant; Criteria for Appointment, Appointing Procedures
Scale of Fees, Rights and Liabilities of Consultants and Memorandum of Engagement
Week 15 : Current Issues in Construction Industry and Quantity Surveying Practice
Week 16 : Revision Week
Week 17-18 : Final Examination Week


Learning resources:
References
1. Ashworth, A., Hogg, K., Higgs, C. (2013) Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor,
13th Ed., Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
2. Cartlidge, D.P. (2013), Quantity Surveyors’s Pocket Book, 3rd Ed, New York: Routledge.
3. Cartlidge, D.P. (2011) New Aspects of Quantity Surveying Practice: A Text for All Construction
Professionals, 3rd Ed. London: Spoon Press.
4. Chappel, D. (2015) Construction Contracts: Questions and Answers, 3rd. Ed. London: Routledge.
5. Greenhalgh, B., Squires, G. (2011). Introduction to Building Procurement. New York: Routledge.
6. Hackett, M., Robinson, I. and Statham, G. (2016). The Aqua Group Guide to Procurement,
Tendering & Contract Administration. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
7. Harbans Singh K. S. (2012) Harbans' Engineering and Construction Contracts Management: Pre-
Contract Award Practice, 2nd Ed. Petaling Jaya: LexisNexis.
8. Harris, F., McCaffer, R., Edum-Fotwe, F. (2013) Modern Construction Management, 7th. Ed.
Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
9. Hedley, S. (2011) Managing the Professional Practice in the Built Environment, Chichester, West
Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
10. JKR (2010). Buku Panduan Pentadbiran Kontrak Kerja Raya. 3rd Ed. Kuala Lumpur: JKR
11. Khairani Ahmad (2009). Construction Economics. Petaling Jaya: Pearson
12. Mohd Saidin Misnan, Abdul Hakim Mohammed and Mat Naim Abdullah (2011), Pengurusan Projek
Pembinaan, Johor Bahru: Penerbit UTMPress
13. Myers, D. (2017) Construction Economics: A New Approach. 4th Ed. London: Routledge.
14. Murdoch, J. and Hughes, W. (2008). Construction Contracts: Law and Management. 4th ed.
Abingdon, Oxon: Spoon Press
15. Seeley, I.H. (2014), Quantity Surveying Practice, 2nd Ed, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
16. Turner, D.F. (2014), Design and Build Contract Practice. New York: Routledge.
17. Towey, D. (2012) Construction Quantity Surveying: A Practical Guide for the Contractor's QS,
Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley

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No. Type Implementation

Student learning time (SLT) details:

Final Assessment Percentage

Total SLT (CLOs + Assessment) 120h

Week 1 : Tender Evaluation and Report

Week 8 SEMESTER BREAK

Week 9 : Contractor’s Claim; Extension of Time and Loss and Expense.

Week 16 : Revision Week

Week 17-18 : Final Examination Week

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