FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT

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ATBQ2022 Principles of Building Economics

Semester 1
2019/2020
Assignment Brief

ASSIGNMENT
Date of Issue : Week 3
Date of Submission : Week 7
Date of Feedback : Week 13
Weightage of Assignment : 50% of coursework (100 marks)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) of ATBQ2022

CLO1: Produce preliminary estimates using various methods of estimating for a building.
(C5)(CTPS)

CLO2: Discuss cost planning and cost control techniques used in pre-tender stage of a building
project. (C2) (CTPS)

CLO3: Compare the cost implication between design variable, construction methods and main cost
elements of construction project. (C4) (CTPS)

INTRODUCTION

This assignment is designed for students to achieve Course Learning Outcome 1. Upon completion
of this assignment, students should be able to:

 Prepare elemental costs estimation based on elemental breakdown;

 Prepare Elemental Costs Analysis based on Standard Form of Elemental Costs Analysis.

REQUIREMENTS

 This is a group assignment. You are required to form a group of 5 students.

 This assignment shall be presented in font size of 11, 1.15 line spacing; approximate 1500
words count.
 Any plagiarised work is required to redo. Any piece of re-do coursework will be awarded with
the minimum coursework passing mark or may fail at the discretion of marker after reassessed.

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TASK

Part 1.0 : Group work [70%]

You had been assigned by your company to be the Quantity Surveyor in-charge of a particular
project and your team have been assigned with the following tasks:

1.1 Based on drawings provided, your team are required to prepare the costs estimation based
on elemental breakdown.

1.2 Upon completion of Task 1.1, your team are required to rely on information and/or data in
Task 1.1 to prepare Elemental Cost Analysis using Standard Form of Elemental Costs
Analysis.

1.3 Your team will be given 20 minutes to carry out presentation on the aforesaid tasks to the
management team of your company. All presentation shall be in either or a combination of
Powerpoint, Words or Excel format.

Part 2.0 : Individual work [30%]

Each team member shall produce a one-page comment for Part 2. State your name on the top left
corner of the page.

2.1 Comments on the advantages, disadvantages and/or concerns of using Elemental Costs
Analysis to be the method of preliminary estimate for any given development project in
the property industry including individual presentation.

REPORT FORMAT
 Introduction and conclusions.
 Insertion of table of content and page number.
 Consistency of captions and headings.
 References (bibliography list and in-text citations) made are in accordance with Harvard
Referencing System. Bibliography list shall be arranged in alphabetical order.

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SUBMISSION

The submission of your assignment hardcopy shall consist of the following in sequence: -

Front Cover (please fill in)

Coursework Declaration (please fill in and sign)
Turnitin Report (only the first page showing % of plagiarism)
Assignment Brief
Marking Scheme (please fill in)
Table of Content
Introduction (general overview of assignment, what business is selected, how the report is
organised, etc.)
Part 1: Group work
1.1 Preparation of Query List;
1.2 Estimation of rates based on elemental breakdown of the Bills of Quantities;
1.3 Conduct Elemental Costs Analysis based upon Standard Forms of Costs
Analysis.
Part 2: Individual work
Group photo of all members
2.1 Comment of Member 1: Comments on the advantages, disadvantages and/or
concerns of using Elemental Costs Analysis to be the method of preliminary
estimate for any given development project in the property industry including
individual presentation;
2.2 Comment of Member 2: Comments on the advantages, disadvantages and/or
concerns of using Elemental Costs Analysis to be the method of preliminary
estimate for any given development project in the property industry including
individual presentation;
…
Conclusion (concluding remarks of assignment findings, lessons learned or value gained
from assignment, etc.)
References
Appendix(ces), if any (i.e. company catalogue, mapping of competitors within vicinity,
etc.)

LATE SUBMISSION

For late submission, there will be a reduction of absolute marks from the mark’s score submitted:
 Late 1 to 3 days after deadline of submission: minus 10 marks;
 Late 4 to 7 days after deadline of submission: minus 20 marks;
 Late more than 7 days after deadline of submission: 0 marks
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FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT

DIPLOMA IN QUANTITY SURVEYING

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

SEMESTER 1

ATBQ2022 PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING ECONOMICS

ASSIGNMENT

Assignment CLO
No. Student Name ID. No.
Mark
1. /100 CLO1

2. /100 CLO1

3. /100 CLO1

4. /100 CLO1

5. /100 CLO1

PROGRAMME : DQS21

GROUP :

LECTURER : LEE CHEE WAI

TUTOR :

DATE OF SUBMISSION :

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Coursework Declaration

Semester: 2019/2020 Semester 1 Course Code & Title: ATBQ2022 Principles of

Building Economics

Declaration

I/We confirm that I/we have read and shall comply with all the terms and condition of
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College’s plagiarism policy.

I/We declare that this assignment is free from all forms of plagiarism and for all intents
and purposes is my/our own properly derived work.

I/We further confirm that the same work, where appropriate, has been verified by anti-
plagiarism software Turnitin (please insert).

No. Name Signature Date

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Marking Scheme (For marker’s use only)

Very poor Poor Average Good Excellent Allocated

Group assessment criteria CLO PLO Weightage Marks
(1 mark) (2 mark) (3 mark) (4 mark) (5 mark) Marks

Query List CLO1 PLO3 Inadequately elaborated: Poorly elaborated: Adequately elaborated: Well-elaborated: query Excellent elaboration
query list is not suitable query list is suitable for query list is suitable for list is tailored for the beyond expectation:
for the project; the project but lack of the project and generally project. query list and details are 5% 1 x /5 /5
extremely lack of some important details. consists of basic details. tailored for the project.
details.

Elemental Breakdown CLO1
with Cost Estimation
PLO3 Inadequately elaborated Poorly elaborated: Adequately elaborated: Well-elaborated with Excellent elaboration
and explanation of elaboration lack of appropriate coverage good coverage and beyond expectation with
information details and poor with good explanation of explanation of details explanation from
explanation of information. information. many sources that add
information value to report; excellent
30% 6 x /5 /30
coverage and
explanation of
information.

Elemental Cost CLO1 PLO3 Inadequately elaborated Poorly elaborated: Adequately elaborated: Well-elaborated with Excellent elaboration
Part 1

Analysis and explanation of elaboration lack of appropriate coverage good coverage and beyond expectation with
information details and poor with good explanation of explanation of details explanation from
explanation of information. information. many sources that add
information value to report; excellent
30% 6 x /5 /30
coverage and
explanation of
information.

Report Writing Format CLO1 PLO3 Inadequately elaborated Poorly elaborated: Adequately elaborated: Well-elaborated with Excellent elaboration
and explanation of elaboration lack of appropriate coverage good coverage and beyond expectation with
information details and poor with good explanation of explanation of details explanation from
explanation of information. information. many sources that add
information value to report; excellent
5% 1 x /5 /5
coverage and
explanation of
information.

Sub-total /70

After deduct [ ] mark(s) for [ ] day(s) late /70

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Marking Scheme (For marker’s use only)

Very poor Poor Average Good Excellent Allocated

Individual assessment criteria CLO PLO Weightage Marks
(1 mark) (2 mark) (3 mark) (4 mark) (5 mark) Marks

Comments on the advantages,
disadvantages and/or
concerns of using Elemental
Costs Analysis to be the
method of preliminary
estimate for any given
Part 2
CLO1 PLO3 Unable to comment Weak in commenting Able to comment on Able to comment on Able to comment on
on the advantages, on the advantages, the advantages, the advantages, the advantages, 1. 6 x /5 /30
disadvantages and/or disadvantages and/or disadvantages and/or disadvantages and/or disadvantages and/or
concerns of using concerns of using concerns of using concerns of using concerns of using
Elemental Costs Elemental Costs Elemental Costs Elemental Costs Elemental Costs
2. 6 x /5 /30
Analysis to be the Analysis to be the Analysis to be the Analysis to be the Analysis to be the

method of method of method of method of preliminary method of 30%

development project in the preliminary estimate. preliminary estimate. preliminary estimate. estimate; demonstrate preliminary estimate; 3. 6 x /5 /30
property industry including sound understanding demonstrate
individual presentation of the Elemental extraordinary
Costs Analysis. understanding of the 4. 6 x /5 /30
Elemental Costs
Analysis.
5. 6 x /5 /30
1.
1. /100
Student’s Name

2.
2. /100
3. Total
3. /100
4.
4. /100
5.
5. /100

Comment (if any):

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