Research background
The quantity surveyor plays the role as a building economist who gives advices to clients and architects regarding cost and alternative design to ensure that the total amount of project budget stays within the range as agreed in the contract (Seeley, 1997).
The RICS (1998) has established the requirements of competencies by sorting out the competencies into three categories: basic, core and optional. The basic competencies include personal and interpersonal skills, business skills, information technology, professional practices, law, management and mapping. The core competencies which are essential to the quantity surveyors are construction contract practice, construction technology and environmental services, economics
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These include the growing volume of construction demand and activity in many countries which is resulting in severe pressure on resources (Ofori, 2003); increased private-sector participation in infrastructure projects (Raftery et al., 1998); and lack of quality people and an ageing workforce (Songer et al., 2006). The construction industry consists of numerous stakeholders like client, design professional, contractors and operational teams. The number of stakeholders participated increases as the projects are becoming larger and more complex in nature (Ofori and Toor, 2009). Clients are also becoming more knowledgeable and hence more demanding and selective in what they want from consultants and to whom they award the work (Preece et al., …show more content…
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