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Target Group : Middle level personnel engaged
in the field of Quantity Surveying during post-contract phase of projects in
both public and private sector organizations and having acceptable technical
qualifications with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
Duration :
Six
and a half months (26 days) every Wednesday from 0900 to 1730 hours.
Aim : To
have a more effective development of the Construction Industry with regard to
the input of the Quantity Surveying profession.
Goal :
To provide training to the
participants in various aspects of post contract quantity surveying work, such
as, Valuation of interim worm and variations, Cost Control, Final Accounts,
Arbitration, Conditions of different types of contract, Computer applications in
Quantity Surveying, etc.
General Objective :
At
the end of the course the participants will be able to carry out their duties as
a Quantity Surveyor related to Post-contract activities of construction projects
effectively.
Required
Academic and Professional Background of Participants : Participants
must have NDT (Civil), NCT (Civil or QS) or equivalent qualifications, with at
lest 2 years experience in matters related to site measurements, billing,
supervision, extra works, variations etc. in construction contracts.
Course
Contents
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Conditions
of contracts and agreements, Clause by clause examination of ICTAD
conditions of contract for works of Building and Civil Engineering; ICTAD
conditions compared with ICE and JCT conditions.
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Responsibilities
and duties of the Quantity Surveyor. (Contractors
& Consultants)
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Preparation
of interim and final application for payments.
(by Contractor)
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Preparation
of valuations for interim and final certificates (by Consultant/Client)
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Variation
orders, preparation of variation accounts,
and valuation of variations.
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Preparation,
evaluation, negotiation and reporting on claims.
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Financial
control - Preparation of financial statements, cost-value reconciliation,
cost advice, cash flow forecasting (value and cost)
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Statement
of final accounts of a contract
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Arbitration,
insolvency and bankruptcy
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Computer
applications in Quantity Surveying
Exercise and Presentation by Participants
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Each participant will be
required to select an exercise related to the post-contract phase of an actual
on-going project and select and exercise related to the post contract phase and
subject contents of the course. The
exercise selected should be acceptable to the staff.
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Each participant will prepare
and submit a report on the exercise done by
him/her including the methods used
and working sheets.
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Each participant will present
the details of the exercise to a panel of staff members and invitees (30 min.)
Training System
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Theoretical
part comprising lecture an case study sessions including course works (22
days)
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Practical
part comprising exercise, report and presentation, based on guidelines
provided (4 days)
Methodology
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Lectures,
exercises and discussions
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Computer
demonstration
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Individual
and group exercises
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Exercise
and presentation by participants
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Tests
Evaluation : Tests on selected subjects
will be the criterion for evaluation of participants’ performance with respect
to the theoretical part. As regards
the practical part of the course, the performance will be based on the exercise
report and presentation by participants.
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