5.

0 Services

5.1 Quantity Surveyor

a)
The prospective of totally new areas of services and work for quantity
surveyors could be by moving towards the real management of construction work
as a fully separate field of services from the idea of recommending the client on or
contributing in the project procurement. This would need the quantity surveyor to
be able to perform facilities currently inside the activities of construction
contractors and that potential included main contractors and trade sub-contractors.
This area of services tends to be rather foreign to quantity surveyors who tend not
to go deeper into the construction procedure than the unit price in the Bill of
Quantities.

Mainly, quantity surveyors usually not to join in the actual result making and
management of the many activities accomplished, well or poorly, repeatedly or
infrequently, by contractors. Possibly those activities which are performed poorly
and/or infrequently by contractors could be required as new market niches to be
provided by quantity surveyors who are skilled and educated in such activities
within the contractors side of the industry.

The prospective of quantity surveyors is providing the construction

arrangement and control services, labor and equipment cost planning, observing
and control reporting, the buying and expediting of materials in the supply chain
flows from suppliers, wholesalers and retailers to trade contractors, as well as the
more obvious.
(Birrell, 2007)

b) The model of market structure is pure competition.

c) Justification:
 Competitors:
- Perunding DMA Sdn Bhd
- Langdon and Seah
- ADAM QS CONSULTANCY
- JURUKUR BAHAN FPS SDN BHD
- KCL QS KONSULT
- KPK QUANTITY SURVEYORS (SEMENANJUNG) SDN BHD
- LCG QS CONSULT

 Total number of firms in the market: 101 firms in Kuala Lumpur area.

 Control over price and degree of product differentiation.

Name of Competitor (Company)
- Perunding DMA Sdn Bhd
Description
- offer a full range of basic professional
Quantity Surveying services, encompassing
traditional skills as well as latest technology
practices
- Preparation of initial estimates and cost
plan
- Selection of procurement route and contract
type
- Production of BQ and other tender documents
- Preparation of tender reports and contract
documents
- Evaluation of works in progress for interim
valuations/certificates
 - Langdon and Seah - first quantity surveying firm in Asia to
incorporate Mechanical&Electrical
engineering services into scope of duties
- Initial budget estimating to assess the
probability of design proposals.
- Detailed cost planning and checking to ensure
that designs are developed within the approved
budget.
- Tender documentation and management to
select an appropriate contractor.
- Advice on appropriate contract packaging,
tendering procedures and procurement
options. (Langdon, 2016)

As a conclusion, from the description we know that the different company provide
the same services and products to the market.

 Condition of entry:
From the overall companies, a Quantity Surveyor should makes the least mistakes
and possess skills to read the drawings. Quantity Surveyor also need knowledge
about latest equipment and study market rates of materials used.
References
Birrell, G. S. (2007, August 23). A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO SEEKING FUTURE NEW MARKETS FOR

QUANTITY SURVEYORS. Retrieved March 5, 2016, from UKUR BAHAN : quantity surveying:

http://ukurbahan-qs.blogspot.my/2007/08/strategic-approach-to-seeking-future.html

Langdon. (2016). QUANTITY SURVEYING & COST MANAGEMENT. Retrieved March 1, 2016, from

Langdon&Seah: http://www.langdonseah.com/en/my/our_service/view/quantity-

surveying-and-cost-management