MEASUREMENT 2

REFLECTIVE

              This is a fast track intensive measurement course designed for those with little or no measurement ability or for those requiring a ‘refresher’ course in measurement. As a quantity surveyor, understanding the principle and the skill of measuring a construction work is the most important part that we have to learnt. A professional without these knowledge, cannot called themselves as a qualified quantity surveyor. The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the purpose of building measurement and give them the essential skills necessary to measure building quantities accurately and neatly onto standard dimension paper, taking off list, query sheet and also Bills of Quantities. It also seeks to introduce the basic theories and concepts of the subject matter and prepare the students for weekly tutorials.

             Through this module, I have learnt to adopt the correct way to measure for the brickworks, stud partitions, staircase structure, staircase finishes and balustrading, floor, wall and ceiling finishes and precast concrete piling. I also gained a lot of knowledge about principles and the techniques of writing a Bills of Quantities. Now, I believe that I have the ability to prepare a proper Bills of Quantities. This module develops by building on the essential skills involved in measuring building quantities. Thus, our lecturer gave us a lot of specially designed exercise to improve our skills in a practical ways and it is the fastest ways to help our to absorb these brand new knowledge to us. On the other hand, the weekly tutorials provide students with the opportunity to present solutions to the tutor on pre-determined tasks and to prepare their Portfolio of Evidence.

             In order to develop a better skill, our lecturer also prepared a group assignment for us. It is a five to six members assignment. We needed to use all of the skills that we have learnt in the classroom and applied them in the assignment. During the assignment, we had met a lot of problems that we may have on the future. Thus, I am very glad that there is a experienced lecturer gave us a lot of advice towards the project. Now, I have the knowledge and skill to measure construction works confidently. We also have an in class individual assignment given by our lecturer to test our application of skills in a drawing.

           End of this module, I have learnt a lot which will be very helpful in our careers, yet I need to practice more and more in order to obtain these competency skills.

We have successfully applied theories in class to measure the finishes in the assignment given by lecturer.