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Quantity Surveying and Estimating

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
  • Course Goals
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Requirements

CES372

Description

  • English Description

    Importance of quantity surveying and pricing for engineering projects; measurement units. Methods of measurement. Bidding process strategy: tender types, bid documents, calculations, bill of quantities, balanced and unbalanced bids. Estimating principles: quantity survey, technical specifications for construction works, priced BOQ, recap sheet, unit cost estimate; Contract forms, and administration. Construction project payments, change orders, and purchase orders. Creation and coordination of cost control systems with regard to engineering, estimating constructing, purchasing, and subcontracting procedures for construction projects, Conceptual Estimating, and Computer applications.
  • Arabic Description

    Importance of quantity surveying and pricing for engineering projects; measurement units. Methods of measurement. Bidding process strategy: tender types, bid documents, calculations, bill of quantities, balanced and unbalanced bids. Estimating principles: quantity survey, technical specifications for construction works, priced BOQ, recap sheet, unit cost estimate; Contract forms, and administration. Construction project payments, change orders, and purchase orders. Creation and coordination of cost control systems with regard to engineering, estimating constructing, purchasing, and subcontracting procedures for construction projects, Conceptual Estimating, and Computer applications.
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 15% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • - PMI, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 5th edition, PMI, USA - PMI, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 5th edition, PMI, USA.