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Space and time; units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors: displacement, velocity and acceleration; kinematics; Newton laws of motion (inertial frames, impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation). Relative motion, application of Newtonian mechanics; Equations of motion; Conservation principles in physics, conservative forces, conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy and work, potential energy, system of particles, centre of mass; rotational motion; torque, vector product, moment, rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates; conservation of angular momentum; Circular motion, moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession; gravitation: Newton’s Law of Gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, gravitational potential energy, escape velocity, satellites motion and orbits.

Heat and temperature, temperature scales; gas laws; general gas equation; thermal conductivity; first law of thermodynamics; heat, work and internal energy, reversibility. Thermodynamic processes; adiabatic, isothermal, & isobaric. Second law of thermodynamics; heat engines and entropy. Zero’s law of thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases. Molecular collisions and mean free path. Elasticity, Hooke's law, Young's, shear and bulk moduli. Hydrostatics; pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' principles; Bernoulli’s equation and incompressible fluid flow. Surface tension; adhesion, cohesion, viscosity, capillarity, drops and bubbles.

This course integrates the various aspects of quantity surveying courses needed to function as a client. It simulates practice experience by giving students practical projects to work on in groups. Students will have a choice of project simulating the work of a client quantity surveyor. Work relating to developing skill as client quantity surveyor will typically consist of preliminary cost advice on a given project, cost planning, bill of quantities preparation, specifications, articles of agreement and production of tender documents.

This course integrates the various aspects of quantity surveying courses needed to contractor’s quantity surveyor. It simulates practice experience by giving students practical projects to work on in groups. Students will have a choice of project simulating the work of a contractor’s quantity surveyor. Work relating to developing skill as a contractor’s quantity surveyor will typically consist of responding to tender adverts, pricing of bills of quantities, preparation of tender programme, contractor’s cash flow forecasting and analysis, preparation of contract master programme.

Introduction to AutoCAD software; awareness of the various tools in use in AutoCAD software, using the software to produce basic architectural shapes; practical to involve mini architectural designs with production of all drawings using AutoCAD; the link between AutoCAD drawings and CAD measure software. Use of quantity surveying BIM tools for bill of quantities production and costing of construction works. Introduction to NAVIS WORK and other Industry specific software relevant to the Quantity Surveyor.

Organisation of the construction process – interrelationships between the professionals in the construction industry, trades in the construction industry, professional bodies and unions, sources of key construction materials. Planning the construction site – layout of construction site, health and safety issues in construction, waste disposal and sustainability issues in construction. Sizes of construction firms – small, medium and large: classification by annual turnover and number of employees. Organisational structure – horizontal and vertical organisational structure, matrix organisational structure; organisational structure of construction firms. Construction logistics – ordering and storing construction materials, lean thinking in construction, supply chain management, plant hiring/ buying, plant inventory management Managing the construction spection of ongoing construction, testing – quality assurance, progress monitoring, site meetings, minutes of site meetings, site diaries and records; Site safety management.

Framework of the Nigerian legal system and structure for administration of justice in Nigeria. Judicial personnel. Elements of the law of contract to include formation of a contract, vitiating factors, discharge of contract, breach and remedies in contract, terms of contract. Introduction to the Law of Torts: the building blocks of the law of torts – duty of care, negligence, trespass, damages.

Standard Methods of Measurement (SMM) of construction works: Evolution of SMM of construction works, development of different editions of SMM and introduction to the use of Building and Engineering Standard Method of Measurement, Fourth Edition Revised (BESMM4R) in practice. Philosophy underlying the use of the tabulated format; exercises in framing and coding typical descriptions. Introduction to the standard stationery used in manual bill of quantities preparation: taking off sheet, abstracting sheet and billing sheet. The Bill of Quantities: Purposes of the Bill of Quantities (BOQ), manual processes of preparation of the bill of quantities: taking off, squaring, working up and billing – with simple illustrative examples; and an appreciation of a model BOQ. Introduction to the use of MS Excel in BOQ preparation with simple illustrative examples. Types of bill format and their uses. Components of bill of quantities: preamble clauses, Preliminary items, measured items and the use of provisional and prime cost sums.

Introduction to the core concepts of computing, problems, and problem-solving. The identification of problems and types of problems (routine problems and non-routine problems). Method of solving computing problems (Introduction to Algorithms and heuristics). Solvable and unsolvable problems. Solution techniques of solving problems (abstraction, analogy, brainstorming, trial and error, hypothesis testing, reduction, literal thinking, means-end analysis, method of focal object, morphological analysis, research, root cause analysis, proof, divide and conquer). General Problem-solving process. Solution formulation and design: flowchart, pseudo-code, decision table, decision tree. Implementation, evaluation, and refinement.

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.