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CALCULATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL FEES PAYABLE

TO A QUANTITY SURVEYOR IN NIGERIA

PRESENTED BY

ADEYANKINNU O. A. (ARC/03/1894)

OLANIRAN T. O. (ARC/05/5631)

SUBMITTED TO

THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE,

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE COURSE

BUILDING LAW (ARC 510)

LECTURER-IN-CHARGE

PROF. O. O. OGUNSOTE

NOVEMBER, 2009.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Table of Contents ii

1.0 Quantity Surveying

1

1.1 Services rendered by Quantity Surveyors 1

1.1.1 Contact Administration and Management

2

1.2 Approved Scale of fees professional Quantity Surveyors

3

1.3 Scale of fees for Consultant Quantity Surveyors

3

1.4 Scale of fees for Quantity Surveying in Multi-farious projects

5

1.4.1 Scale of fees approved as part of the Quantity Surveyors fees to the

Mechanical or Electrical Engineer

5

1.4.2 Stage payment for Quantity Surveyors

6

1.4.3 Calculations fees for stage payments for Consultant Quantity

Surveyors 6

1.4.4 repetitive works for Quantity Surveyors

6

1.5 Additional Services

6

2.0 Schedule of Materials/Plants 7

2.1 Litigation and Arbitration

7

2.2 Rehabilitation, restoration and refurbishing work on damaged

existing

building and structure 8

2.3 Construction cost of replacement for insurance and other purposes

8

2.4 Liquidation 8

2.5 Variation 8

3.0 Time charges

9

3.1 Project Management for Quantity Surveyors

9

3.1.1 Reimbursible expenses for Quantity Surveyors

10

3.2 Payment Stages 10

3.2.1 Reimbursable

10

3.2.2 Negotiation of fees

11

3.3 Consultancy Agreement

11

3.4 Code of professional Conduct 11

3.4.1 The position of NIQS on Negotiation of fees and Consultancy

Agreement 12

3.4.2 Effect of fees negotiation and consultancy agreement on Quantity

Surveyor’s Services

13

4.0 Conclusion 16

References 17

QUANTITY SURVEYING

SERVICES RENDERED BY QUANTITY SURVEYORS

Feasibility Studies of Capital Projects

Cost Modeling

Contract Documentation and procurement

Contract Administration and Management

Monitoring of Capital Projects

General works

Project Management

Facility Management

Direct Labour Projects

Arbitration and Expert Witness

APPROVED SCALE OF FEES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYORS

SCALE OF FEES

REIMBURSABLES

NEGOTIATIONOF FEES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS (NIQS)

CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

THE POSITION OF NIQS ON FEES NEGOTIATION

EFFECT OF FEES NEGOTIATION AND CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT ON

QUANTITY SURVEYORS’ SERVICES

CONCLUSION

1.0 QUANTITY SURVEYING

Quantity surveying is a profession concerned with expertise in cost and

procurement concerned with financial probity and achieving value for

money in the conceptualization, planning and execution of building and

engineering projects and developments. Quantity surveying is carried out

in both new and refurbishment works. The profession responsible for the

total cost and procurement management in Nigeria, for the achievement

of client’s objectives in all types of capital project and development, from

conception to commissioning and maintenance in all sectors of Nigeria, fir

the attainment of sustainable National development and goals.

The Profession of Quantity Surveying is practiced in Nigeria along with the

same pattern as in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth

countries. In America, they are known as Cost Engineers. The regulated

and other Professions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1978 recognised

Quantity Surveying profession as one of the scheduled Professions while

the decree No.31 of 1986 gave legal backing and recognition to the

Quantity Surveying profession and also set up the Quantity Surveyors

Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) to regulate the Profession.

1.1 SERVICES RENDERED BY QUANTITY SURVEYORS INCLUDE:

Feasibility Studies of Capital Projects

Which includes budgetary planning for annual, rolling, medium and

perspective development plans, capital investment policy advice, advice on

financial plans and procurements and cash flow forecasts and analysis.

Others are profitability studies and Sensitivity analysis, value analysis and

management and cost benefit studies, life cycle studies and cost-in-use and

time effect on costs and profitability.

Cost Modeling which includes cost estimates and budgeting, cost

planning, monitoring, and control to ensure that client's budget is not

exceeded as well as cost studies and research of construction resources.

Contract Documentation and procurement. This includes tendering

procedures and contractual arrangements. Preparation of Bills of

Quantities and other documents for obtaining tenders for the purpose of

contract administration and tender evaluation, analysis and reporting.

1.1.1Contract Administration and Management

Preparation of interim valuations, adjustment and measurement of

changes in scope of works, management of cost implications of

contractual issues, cost control -preparing financial statements, cash flow

and final accounts.

Monitoring of Capital Projects

Which includes programme management, project auditing as well as

monitoring and evaluation of developments.

General services

Like preparation of cost reports, priced bills of quantities and appropriate

documentation for:

Capital allowances and taxation advice,

Technical and Contract Auditing,

Bank loans and facilities,

Capital market finance proposals and

Planning approvals.

1.1.2Project Management

Project Management reinforces client control over the complexities of

modern developments. The Project Manager is the client's expert

representative responsible for coordinating the whole development

process to ensure timely completion within budget and performance

requirements.

As Quantity Surveyors have been specially trained in economic, financial,

management, legal and contractual aspect of construction, they are

particularly well qualified for the role of Project Manager among others.

1.2 APPROVED SCALE OF FEES FOR PROFESSIONAL QUANTITY

SURVEYORS

The quantity surveyors with other professionals in the construction

industry have a standard scale of fees approved by the Federal

government in 1996 which is based on the value of work done and/or

contract sum. The consultant shall be paid for the services rendered in

accordance with the scale of fees approved by the Federal government

and published under the ‘consultancy fee payable by the public

sector’. Fees shall be based on the accepted tendered estimated cost of

the project but shall be calculated on the accepted tendered cost of

construction in the lesser of the two amounts.

This may also include the final cost of provisional sum within the

estimated cost of the project. Fees are based on the accepted total cost of

the project regardless of the number of construction contract involved in

accordance with employer’s requirement. The fee is calculated on the

basis of first five million naira, next ten million naira like that… until the

contract sum is exhausted. Payment thereof is in stages of contract of

‘pre contract, contract and post contract stages’.

Where repetitive work is involved, fee calculation for each element full

fees are allowed on non repetitive work such as preliminaries and the first

building or element of each type. Fees indicated on the remainder of the

sliding scale for repetitive work shall be applied. Reimbursable expenses

shall be allowed in addition to the agreed sum when authorized and

approved by the employer in respect of transportation, accommodation

and any form of traveling, supervision and printing of documents.

1.3 SCALE OF FEES FOR CONSULTANT QUANTITY SURVEYORS

For the purpose of remunerating the Consultant Quantity Surveyor for his

services projects are classified into the following two broad based groups.

i. SCALE OF FEES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING WORKS IN PROJECTS

WHERE THE ARCHITECT, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL OR

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS THE PRIME CONSULTANT

The scale of fees for Quantity Surveyors in Projects where the

Architect, Mechanical, Electrical or Structural Engineer is the Prime

Consultant shall be as in Table 1.0

Table 1.0 Scale of fees for Quantity Surveying works in projects where the Architect,

Mechanical, Electrical or Structural Engineer is the Prime Consultant

COST O PROJECT (N) FEES AS A PERCENTAGE OF

COST OF PROJECT

Up to 5 million 2.75%

Next 10 million of part

thereof

2.50%

Next 15 million or part

thereof

2.30%


thereof

2.0%


thereof

1.75%


thereof

1.40%

Next 200million or part

thereof

1.0%

Balance over 500 million 0.8%

(iii) Scale of fees for Quantity Surveying Works in Projects where

the Civil Engineers is the Prime Consultant.

The scale of fees for Quantity Surveyors in projects like roads,

bridges, etc. where the Civil Engineer is the Prime Consultant

shall be as in Table 1.1 below.

Table 1.1 Scale of fees for Quantity Surveyors where the Civil Engineer

is the Prime Consultant

COST O PROJECT (N) FEES AS A PERCENTAGE OF

COST OF PROJECT

Up to 5 million 1.37%

Next 10 million of part thereof 1.25%


thereof

1.15%


thereof

1.0%


thereof

0.87%


thereof

0.70%

Next 200million or part

thereof

0.5%

Balance over 500 million 0.40%

1.4 SCALE OF FEES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING IN MULTI-

FARIOUS PROJECTS WHERE THE CONSULTANTS IN VARIOUS

DISCIPLINES PERFORM AS PRIME CONSULTANTS

On this type of project, there are several Prime Consultants. Examples of

such projects are the University, complexes, Housing Estates etc where

the civil Engineer (Prime Consultant) takes care of Estate Roads, Architect

(prime Consultant) takes care charge of Building, Electrical Engineer

(Prime Consultant) takes care of street lighting, while the Structural

Engineer (Prime Consultant) takes charge of the sewage treatment plant.

Under these circumstances, the scale of fees for quantity surveyors as in

table 1.0 and 1.1 are applied appropriately using each Prime Consultant

as a base to determine the Estimated Total Cost of Project for his area of

operation.

1.4.1SCALE OF FEES APPROVED AS PART OF THE QUANTITY

SURVEYORS FEES TO THE MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL

ENGINEER

i. Where the services of the Mechanical or Electrical Engineer is

employed by the Quantity Surveyors in the preparation of bills of

Quantities or making an input into the preparation of the bills of

Quantities for a project, the fee payable to each Engineer shall be

negotiated, but not more than 50% of the fee accruable to the

Quantity Surveyors in consideration of cost of works of the

respective Engineers.

ii. SCALE FEES APPROVED AS PART OF THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR’S

FEES TO THE CIVIL ENGINEER

Where the services of the Civil Engineer is employed by he Quantity

Surveyors in the preparation of bills of Quantities or making an input

into the preparation of the bills of Quantities for a project, the fee

payable to the Civil Engineer shall be negotiated, but not more than

50% of the fee accruable to the Quantity Surveyors in consideration

of the cost of civil works

iii. MULTI-FARIOUS PROJECTS

The rules enunciated in items (i) and (ii) shall apply to multi projects

appropriately.

1.4.2STAGE PAYMENT FOR QUANTITY SURVEYORS

Stage payment for Consultant Quantity Surveyors are made as stipulated

in paragraph 2 of section A.

1.4.3CALCULATING FEES FOR STAGE PAYMENTS FOR

CONSULTANT QUANTITY SURVEYORS

Fees for stage payment for Consultant Quantity Surveyors shall be

calculated as stipulated paragraph 3 of section a

1.4.4REPETITIVE WORKS FOR QUANTITY SURVEYORS

The scale of fees for repetitive works for Consultant Quantity Surveyors

shall be as stipulated in section a (in paragraph 4)

1.5 ADDITIONAL SERVICES

When the consultant Quantity Surveyors is employed to perform

additional services beyond the normal service and contract period, he

shall be entitled to remuneration at the rates indicated for the individuals

services considered hereunder.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES STAGE 1

i. Feasibility or Viability Studies

The Consultant Quantity Surveyor is entitled to remuneration for

this Additional Service at the rate of 0.2% of the Estimated Total Cost of

Project.

ii. Pricing Bills of Quantities

This is the normal service of the Quantity Surveyor However,

Revalidation or re-evaluation of a suspended, abandoned of terminated

contract is an additional service which should be remunerated at a fee of

0.1% of the Estimated Total Cost of Project (ETC)

ADDITIONAL SERVICES STAGE 3 (See Table 20)

i. Making Any Site Visits or Attending Any Site Meetings Other Than The Normal Single Monthly Meetings

The Consultant Quantity Surveyor is entitled to remuneration in accordance with the man month rate(s) on Time Charges (Table 21)

ii. Any Visits or Work Done To Rectify defects During The Defect Liability

This is normal service of the Consultant Quantity Surveyor and therefore shall not be additionally remunerated.

iii. Any Normal Supervision Rendered Beyond The Original Contract Period

The Consultant Quantity Surveyors is entitled to remuneration accordance with the man month rates on Time Charges (Table 21).

Table 1.3: ADDITIONAL SERVICES STAGE 3

ITEM DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

FEES PAYABLE

(i) Making any site visits or attending any site meetings other than the normal

Man-month rates on Time Charge (Table 21)

single monthly meetings(ii) Any visits or work done to

rectify defects during the Defect Liability Period

Normal Service No Additional Remuneration

(iii) Any supervision rendered beyond the original contract period

Man-month rates on Time Charges (Table 21)

2.0 SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS/PLANTS

Where a Quantity Surveyor is invited to prepare the schedule of materials. It shall constitutes an additional service and shall be remunerated at the rate of 0.1% of the Estimated Total Cost of Project

2.1 LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION

The fee payable for these services shall be negotiated

2.2 REHABILITATION, RESTORATION AND REFURBISHING WORK ON DAMAGED EXISTING BUILDING AND STRUCTURE

The Consultant Quantity Surveyor is remunerated in accordance with the

relevant scale of fees for basic Quantity Surveying services applying the

cost of restoration in place of cost of the project.

2.3 CONSTRUCTION COST OF REPLACEMENT FOR INSURANCE AND OTHER PURPOSES

The service shall attract a fee of 0.5% of the Estimated Cost of replacement

2.4 LIQUIDATION

Where an independent consultant Quantity Surveyor is appointed to

advice the client on issues of Liquidation, he shall be remunerated in

accordance with the man month rate(s) on time charges.

2.5 VARIATION

Stage 3 payment which shall in this case be based on the Total

Construction Sum (TCS) shall take care of this service. Therefore no

additional fee is payable.

FLUCTUATIONS: PRICE INVESTIGATION

The fee payable for this service shall be limited to 1% of the amount to fluctuation

WHEN WORKS ARE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED DURING THE PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION

Stage 3 payment based on the Total Construction Sum (TCS) shall take

care of this service. Therefore no additional fee is payable.

RESIDENT SUPERVISION FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING SERVICES

The Quantity Surveyor is involved in resident Supervision in the following

situations.

i. Where several Contractors and sub-contractors are opening on

the same site or there are multiple contracts on one project.

ii. Large projects of complex nature that require measure and value

as work progresses on daily basis.

iii. Where contracts are based on schedule of Rates or Approximate

Bills of Quantities, which require site remeasurement as the work

progresses.

The fees for Resident Supervision by the Consultant Quantity Surveyors is

in accordance with the man-month rates as shown in Table 21

3.0 TIME CHARGES

All man-month rates are applicable to time charges in accordance with the following principles

10 months (200 days) in a year

20 days in a month and

8 hour in a day

TABLE 1.4 MAN-MONTH RATES FOR CONSULTANT QUANTITY SURVEYOR IN 1996

CATEGORY OF STAFF MINIMUM YEARS OF EXPERIENCES

MAN-MOTH RATES N

Chief Resident Quantity Surveyor

5 92,400

Principal Resident Quantity Surveyor

12 78,000

Senior Resident Quantity Surveyor

8 56,100

Resident Quantity 4 46,200

SurveyorAssistant Resident Quantity Surveyor

Under 4 33,000

Snr. Technical Officer - 52,800Technical Officer - 33,000Asst. technical Officer - 23,100Draughtsman - 16,500

The above detailed man-month rates are applicable in 1996. To obtain

figures applicable in 1997 and other succeeding years, the Central Bank

inflation index for 1996 and other proceeding years is applied.

3.1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR

Where a Quantity Surveyor is the project manager, the sliding scale of

fees as detailed in paragraph 6 table 4 section A shall apply.

3.1.1 REIMBURSIBLE EXPENSES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYORS

The Clause under Reimbursible expenses applicable to Prime Consultant

in Paragraph 7 or Section A shall apply.

3.2 PAYMENT STAGES

The proportion of the total fees payable to all categories of consultants for

normal services at the different stages of implementation is as follows:

Stage 1: 25% of fees based on the estimated total cost of the project.

Stage 2: 50% of fees based on estimated total cost of project.

Stage 3: 25% of fees based on the estimated total cost of the project

The above is the position of the federal ministry of works and housing as

at April 1996, while the Nigerian institute of Quantity surveyors(2004)

stipulate that the fee payable to the consultant quantity surveyor shall be

made as follows:

Stages Description of each stage % of fees

1 Preliminary Estimate 10%

2 Final Budget Estimate 15%

3 Tender Documentation 20%

4 Tender Analysis and Report 5%

5 Contract Documentation 20%

6 Contract Administration 25%

7 Final Account 5% TOTAL 100

3.2.1REIMBURSABLES

Reimbursable expenses are maximum of 1% of the project and it’s

distributed as follows:

Architect or prime consultant 40%

Structural engineer 15%

Quantity surveyor 15%

Mechanical engineer 10%

Electrical engineer 10%

Geotechnical engineer 5%

Builders 5%

3.2.2NEGOTIATION OF FEES

Clients most times particularly private clients may not want to pay the

total fee of a commissioned quantity surveyor due to the selfish nature of

private clients and corrupt activities of government officials on

government projects. The quantity surveyor; in a bid to get commissioned

break the code of conduct stipulated by the regulatory body of Nigeria

institute of quantity surveyors by negotiating their fees or quoting any

variation from the fees which is unethical on part of any culprit.

3.3 CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT

As the name implies, consultancy agreement for construction professional

is the agreement which states the involvement of any professional in a

project, the relationship among the professionals, the roles taken by

various professionals, the superiority of each of the professionals and an

oath to abide by the ethical conduct of the various profession. Included in

the consultancy agreement is the conditions of engagement of the

professionals and the consultancy agreement is recognized by the Federal

Government and the various professional bodies in the construction

industry. The consultancy agreement is not expected to be breached by

the professionals engaged in a construction work.

3.4 CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Members of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors are governed by

its Constitution, Bye-laws and Code of Professional Conduct, in addition to

the General Laws of Nigeria. The practice of quantity surveying profession

in Nigeria is regulated by Decree No.31 of 1986, which set up the Quantity

Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria. The purpose of the code is to

regularise the level of discipline/skill and the behaviour of all categories of

the membership of the Institute and the Registration Board in the

pursuance of the practice of the profession of Quantity Surveying in

Nigeria.

The code comprises six main sections containing inter-related clauses,

which will be of universal application and deal with specific injunctions. All

practitioners are expected to be conversant with all the provisions and

apply the rules in their dealings with fellow professionals and the public in

general. The subject headings of the Code of Professional Conduct include

Introduction, Preface, Professional Obligations, Professional Conduct,

Partnership and Company details, Registration of Practicing Firms,

Remuneration, Firms/Companies, Consortia, Engagement in other

Businesses/Occupations, General Practice rules; Services commissions,

Taking over uncompleted commissions or supplanting existing

commissions, Independent assessment of work by other practitioners,

Presentation of Quantity Surveying documents etc., Standard name places

and site boards, Copyright, Advertisement and Publicity; General

Brochures, letters and Published Articles, Public Speaking, Lectures, Radio

and Television appearance; Relationship with other Professional

colleagues and Glossary .

3.4.1THE POSITION OF NIQS ON NEGOTIATION OF FEES AND

CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT

The NIQS is a body regulating and/or governing the quantity surveying

profession in Nigeria and has set out the code of conduct for quantity

surveyors in Nigeria including remuneration amongst others. Violating any

of the clauses in the code will subsequently affect the practitioner’s

membership of the institute (NIQS) and the registration board (QSRBN).

The institute permitted not quoting any variation on the published fees in

competition to secure work as it believes that competition should be on

the standard of service rendered by respective professionals rather than

on the amount of fees charged. However, for a regular client, a quantity

surveyor can decide to discount the total fee on a project but its believed

that it’s a non negotiated.

The institute believes that a written agreement of surveyor’s appointment

is desirable but not essential but in the interest of all parties to a contract,

its advisable to have a properly constituted written agreement.

3.4.2EFFECT OF FEES NEGOTIATION AND CONSULTANCY

AGREEMENT ON QUANTITY SURVEYOR’S SERVICES

The issue of consultancy agreement and negotiation of fees has to do with

formalizing the commissioning of a consultant quantity surveyor as

regards the remuneration and condition of service with respect to the

extent of work to be carried out.

Fees are given in the published scale of fee as percentage of contract

value of a project or final account value or final account value in case of

final account value in case of post contract services. Quantity surveyors

are entitled to 2.75% of the first five million, 2.50% of the next ten million,

2.30% of next fifteen million or balance thereof. For repetitive contract

work, quantity surveyors are entitled to full fee on the non-repetitive

aspect of such work like the foundation and preliminaries and 20% of the

total fee of the first ten buildings and 30% 0f the total fee for the next ten

buildings for the repetitive aspect. Quantity surveyors are entitled to

reimbursable of 15% out of 1% of the total contract sum subject to

agreement with the client.

The total consultancy fee for quantity surveyor in a contract work is

however payable in stages of the contract work. 25% of the total fee will

be paid at the pre contract stage preferably up to the preliminary

estimating stage while 50% of the calculated fee is paid to the consultant

during the contract stage(tender report/signing of the contract). If the

consultant agrees to work with the client after the contract stage at the

post contract stage where the fee payable is 25% of the fee calculated

from the final account.

Quantity surveyors who are expert in cost and procurement management

making their services inevitable to the various clients, all ensuring the

attainment of sustainable National development and goals are affected by

the negotiation of fee and consultancy agreement and negotiation of

their fees thereof in a bid to secure job does not speak well which in

turn can affect the quality of work. Consider a project which is expected

to span years and the quantity surveyor had compromised his

remuneration, at the later stages of the project; he may not have the

financial capability and commitment to do a good job. This poses a threat

to the project quality.

A quantity surveyor that gets commissioned on a compromised

remuneration may do it to get a job on hand and because he knows how

to swindle or carry out fraudulent activities with respect to a

contract and may therefore carry out fraud motivated by the reduced fees

accruable to him on the contract. Low quality of work and corrupt

activities resulting from compromising the approved fee by quantity

surveyors may spell doom for the image of the profession as clients

may not trust the profession again. Its noteworthy to know that the nature

of the profession which as to do financial matters requiring absolute trust

and transparency and therefore sharp practices among the professionals

means that clients will no longer engaging quantity surveyors or

transferring their roles to the less qualified professionals in the

construction industry.

All the professionals in the construction industry have their respective

regulatory bodies who ensure that various professions are practiced

ethically in line with laid down rules. The quantity surveying profession

has the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS (NIQS)

and QUANTITY SURVEYORS REGISTRATION BOARD OF NIGERIA

(QSRBN). Any quantity surveyor caught negotiating his fee will lose his

membership of the institute and professional practice as the

institute state it clearly that competition amongst members should be on

the basis of competency in practice and not fee negotiation. Loss of a

good number of professionals due to this unethical act may result to

shortage of professionals available per time.

Consultancy agreement of professionals has its effect on the quantity

surveyors’ services as the independence of quantity surveyors

involved in a project is questionable. Quantity surveyors and other

professionals involved in a particular construction work are regarded as

separate entity that should be respected for their various services to be

rendered but consider situations where Architects are made the prime

consultants on projects and other professionals are subjected to his

decision directly and indirectly. Quantity surveyors are expected to

prepare valuations of work done by contractors subjected to architect’s

approval as stated in the consultancy agreement. Also quantity surveyors

prepare the value of daywork carried out which has to be approved by the

architect and fluctuation claims inclusive. The subjectivity in which

quantity surveyors are put to on most matters on construction work as

stated by the consultancy agreement affects the service rendered as they

are playing second fiddle to the architect on building work and engineer

on engineering work. Quantity surveyors are trained to ensure the quality

of construction work at a reduced cost and this may make them be at

loggerheads with the so called prime consultant (Architect) who in a bid

also to exhibit their own designing flair on a proposed structure incur

unnecessary cost which the quantity surveyor by training should be

against and because the architects are the prime consultants on the job

gets things done their way most times. This is a special case of one man

show where the other man is regarded as idealess or his ideas are not

useful.

The consultancy agreement gives little or no respect for the quantity

surveyors as they are made to be subjected to architects instruction and

approval and quantity surveyors signature is not really paramount except

on few issues on construction site.

There’s however gain in the consultancy agreement as regards the

services of quantity surveyor because the agreement contains rule

and condition of engagement which states the limitation and excesses of

professionals including quantity surveyors with respect to a project.

Quantity surveyor that knows his level of involvement in a construction

work will be able to appreciate his duties and liabilities on the contract.

The knowledge of quantity surveyor of his duty will help him guard his

loins against any blame whatsoever. Gainfully considering the effect

of the approved scale of fees on the services of Quantity

surveyors; clients are made aware of the financial implication of hiring a

Quantity surveyor and this reduces dispute on fee with respect to

construction work.

4.0 CONCLUSION

This write up discuss extensively the professional fees payable to a

quantity surveyor in Nigeria. The effect of the approved scale of fees

which is being negotiated on one hand and the effect of the consultancy

agreement on another hand as they affect the quantity surveyor services

positively and negatively.

It is therefore of great importance if the approved scale of

professional fees is being followed strictly by the Quantity Surveyor.

REFERENCES

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (Lagos) (1992): Professional scale

of fees for

Consultant in the construction industry. Pg. 18-21

Federal Republic of Nigeria: Consultancy Services Agreement . pg. 6, 32

Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), (2000): Conditions of engagement and

Consultancy Agreement

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