SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN BACHELOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING (HONOURS)

AUGUST 2017

BUILDING ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT

Assignment Brief: You are part of an established Multidisciplinary group of consultants. The client is a developer from Singapore and he wants to invest in a piece of land in Kuala Lumpur. He has paid for your services to come up with a Cost Plan for him. You are require to:- 1. Work out a cost plan for him based on the information provided (30 marks)

You are to show your breakdown of the cost appraisal and justify your assumptions when asked at the Q & A.

2. Presentations shall be by power point (between 10-15 slides) and a soft copy shall be emailed to DianneHuiWei.Kok@taylor.edu.my by 12.00noon 21st November 2017.

3. You shall illustrate your cost calculations in a 10 minutes presentation plus a 10 minutes Q & A. As this will be presentation to the client, marks will be awarded on:

i. Showmanship, and presentation (10 marks) ii. Style of presentation (10 marks) iii. Conciseness and accuracy (10 marks) iv. Ability to answer question convincingly and correctly (10 marks)

4. You shall show your benchmark projects (if any) to justify the cost of the building.

Marks will be awarded for sound basis for benchmarking (10 marks)

5. You shall print your detailed cost appraisal, showing quantity and rates and print them in A3 size sheet. 1 sheet only (10 marks)

6. You shall provide concise A3 size sheet (1 sheet only) with pictures and/or write-ups

on any construction technology, methodology and technique, including but not limiting to materials used with the unit cost. (10 marks)

7. Font size shall be a readable font (not small) Please note that at the end of the assignment, a copy of peer evaluation forms will be given to all for valuation of their team members’ contribution and effort in the project. Hardcopy Submission You will need to submit a hard copy report comprising the followings:- Part 1: Introduction Introduction to proposed site. You will need to highlight all the key features of the proposed site and its surroundings with appropriate sketches and plan. A list of client’s and project requirements will need to be attached in the report. Part 2: Construction Cost Produced a cost plan for proposed project in an A3 size paper indicating all necessary cost as per template. You will need to submit the basis of your assumptions and the source of your cost data. You will need to provide a summary of each major section (eg. preliminary, structures, architecture, M & E, contingencies) in this part. Part 3: Conclusion You are also required to submit all necessary peer evaluations together with this report.

REQUIREMENTS

1. All font should be in Arial 12 font with 1.15 spacing.

2. Front cover - University logo, name, ID number, Semester Intake, Course,

Module & Lecturer

3. All submission should be in comb bind.

4. The coursework should not exceed 4,000 words.

5. Credit will be given to analytical discussion rather than mere presentation of

facts.

6. Details of the case study should be stated clearly.

7. List of references should be stated clearly