measurement 3

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 

MEASUREMENT 3

Measurement is a subject which is vital to us who are going to pursue the Quantity Surveyors(QS) career. As a qualified QS, we should have the knowledge of doing the costing, economic buildability, procurement and contractual relations of the construction process. Yet, this module is teaching us to measure and calculate the building structure precisely. This module covered the measurement for door, windows, roof trusses, roof finishes, roof drainage, structural steel works and metal works. It also trains us in writing of the specification, form of specification and their uses for various trade which are very important to do the tendering.  

We have done a 5 person group assignment which was measured a interior of the building such as door and window only. We required to prepare taking-off and bill of quantities including quarry list and dimension papers. This assignment illuminate a project which we may have in the future, and we can practice more on the preparation of measurement and bill of quantities. We also can gain the ability of discipline specific knowledge by putting the theories into practice. 

Quantity Surveyor is a job which required to be highly numerate, commercially aware, professionally trained and great communicators. We can learn the ability of communication skill in the group assignment. This is because we always need to work with other construction professionals as a team in the construction. Thus, communication skill can help us to understand each others. We required to have discussion and cooperation in this assignment in order to get it done. 

In this module, we have total two test, one is a small test on the week 7 and one more is the final exam. The final exam is designed to assess the ability of the students like us to distinguish and illustrate differences in writing up descriptions in accordance to design changes of for doors, windows, roof trusses, roof finishes, roof drainage, structural steel works and metal works. We should be able to produce measurement for doors, windows, roof trusses, roof finishes, roof drainage, structural steel works and metal works in accordance to Standard Method of Measurement (SMM2). Through the final exam, we can practice our skill before assign to any job and master the thinking and problems solving skill.  

I have learned to undertake the wide variety of task involved in a construction project. I also learned to use the specification such as prime cost sum and provisional sum in our bill of quantity.