QTS 101
Introduction to Quantity Surveying
2
Course Description
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
gain an awareness and understanding of Quantity Surveying as a profession and its historical
development;
1. state the functions of a Quantity Surveyor and the career opportunities available to him/her;
2. express an awareness and understanding of various professionals and professional bodies in
the construction industry and the interrelationships of various professionals;
3. evaluate an awareness and understanding of the relationships between the Nigerian Institute
of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) and the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria
(QSRBN);
4. demonstrate the knowledge and skill for measuring girths, areas and volumes of regular and
irregular shapes as well as setting up dimensions on taking off sheets;
5. illustrate an awareness and understanding of the principles underpinning the measurement
and description of construction works using the Building and Engineering Standard Method of
Measurement (BESMM);
6. demonstrate the knowledge and skill for setting out descriptions and dimensions in taking off
dimensions from drawings;
7. display the knowledge and skills for measuring substructure up to and including ground floor
bed for ordinary strip foundation; and
8. Demonstrate an understanding and skill for bill of quantities production from the measured
substructure using manual method and MS Excel.
Course Outline
Definition of Quantity Surveying; historical development of the quantity surveying profession.
Functions performed by a quantity surveyor. Career opportunities for the Quantity Surveyor.
Professionals in the construction industry and their interrelationships. Professional bodies in the
construction industry and their significance; the relationships between the Nigerian Institute of
Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) and the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN).
Applied Mensuration: Measurement and computation of girth, area and volume for both regular
and irregular shapes from dimensioned drawings; Principles of measuring gross and adjustments.
Setting up dimensions on taking off sheets and squaring to compute girths, areas and volumes.