BACHELOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING (HONS)

MEASUREMENT 2 (QSB 1124)

PROJECT ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
Your team has been appointed by the client to prepare the Bills of Quantities (BQ) of the following elements for the
assigned project:a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

External Wall.
Internal Wall.
External Wall Finishes.
Internal Wall Finishes.
External Floor Finishes (except staircases).
Internal Floor Finishes (except staircases).
External Ceiling Finishes.
Internal Ceiling Finishes.

Specification:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.

Painting to wall and ceiling is Nippon or other equivalent.

Wall tiles shall be 200mm x 250mm x 8mm thick White Horse or approved equivalent glazed
ceramic tiles.
Floor tiles shall be 200mm x 200mm x 8mm thick Guocera or approved equivalent ceramic
tiles.
Floor tiles shall be 300mm x 300mm x 8mm thick Guocera or approved equivalent
homogeneous tiles.
The height of tile skirting is 100mm high.
No stiffener is allowed.

REQUIREMENT
You are required to submit your work as stated in the following order:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

Submission cover sheet.

Contents of the document.
Printed Bills of Quantities.
Taking-off list.
Query list.
Dimension sheets
Question paper.

SUBMISSION DATE

: 1 DECEMBER 2016

Any work submitted after the deadline shall have the percentage grade assigned to the work on face value
reduced by 10% for the first day and 5% for each subsequent day late. A weekend counts as 1 day.
Objectives

To broaden and refine the students skills relating to the measurement and description of building works.
To understand the purposes, the characteristics and skills of specification writing of the various trades.
To identify the method of measurement for the different types of architectural finishes and the workmanship.
To appreciate different types of finishes and workmanship.
To have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the Standard Method of Measurement in taking-off
quantities.
To develop an understanding of the principles of measurement in preparing the Bills of Quantities.

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Learning Outcomes
1. Recognize the items measurable for brickwork, floor, wall and ceiling finishes.
2. Explain and able to interpret clauses in the Standard Method of Measurement (SMM) for the various trades in
relation to brickwork, floor, wall and ceiling finishes.
3. Adopt a systematic approach to take-off quantities from drawings for the preparation of Bills of Quantities.
4. Distinguish and illustrade differences in writing-up descriptions in accordance
5. Demonstrate a systematic and orderly mind and be able to visualize the drawings and details given.
6. Generate a conceptual understanding of and the ability to competently carry out the preparation of the Bills of
Quantities for brickwork, floor, wall and ceiling finishes.
Plagiarism (Excerpt from Taylors University Student Handbook 2013, page 59)
Plagiarism, which is an attempt to present another persons work as your own by not acknowledging the source, is
a serious case of misconduct which is deemed unacceptable by the University.
"Work" includes written materials such as books, journals and magazine articles or other papers and also includes
films and computer programs. The two most common types of plagiarism are from published materials and other
students works.
1. Published Materials
In general, whenever anything from someone elses work is used, whether it is an idea, an opinion or the
results of a study or review, a standard system of referencing should be used. Examples of plagiarism may
include a sentence or two, or a table or a diagram from a book or an article used without acknowledgement.
Serious cases of plagiarism can be seen in cases where the entire paper presented by the student is copied
from another book, with an addition of only a sentence or two by the student.
While the former can be treated as a simple failure to cite references, the latter is likely to be viewed as
cheating in an examination.
Though most assignments require the need for reference to other peoples works, in order to avoid plagiarism,
students should keep a detailed record of the sources of ideas and findings and ensure that these sources are
clearly quoted in their assignment. Note that plagiarism also refers to materials obtained from the Internet too.
2. Other Students Work
Circulating relevant articles and discussing ideas before writing an assignment is a common practice. However,
with the exception of group assignments, students should write their own papers. Plagiarising the work of
other students into assignments includes using identical or very similar sentences, paragraphs or
sections. When two students submit papers that are very similar in tone and content, both are likely to be
penalised.

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