| Code | Faculty |
|---|---|
| 12242014 | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Credits | Duration |
|---|---|
| Duration of study: 2 years | Total credits: 152 |
| Dr DJ Hoffman [email protected] | +27 (0)124202551 |
A student is required to attend lectures diligently, but in addition it is expected of the students, to work at least 480 hours part-time in the offices of a registered quantity surveyor on tasks which meet the requirements for registration in terms of the Quantity Surveying Profession Act. It will be expected of students to keep a logbook on the prescribed template.
Also refer to G Regulations G.16 to G.29 and G.54.
A person shall not be admitted as a candidate for the degree unless he or she:
Selection is based on an applicant's academic record and experience. Applicants may be required to attend an interview and/or write an entrance examination.
A minimum semester/year mark of 40% is required in order to be admitted to the examination in a specific module. In addition, all other examination admission requirements, applicable to the relevant module, must have been met.
Supplementary examinations
No supplementary examinations are granted at postgraduate level.
Special examinations
No special examinations are granted at postgraduate level.
The degree is awarded when all prescribed modules have been passed.
The degree is conferred with distinction if students registered for the degree for the first time, complete the degree within the minimum prescribed time and pass all modules with a weighted average of 75% (excluding POU 700).
Minimum credits: 158
Module content:
Estimation of building costs – principles and process; elements of a price; rough quantities and inclusive quantities (elemental and builders’ quantities) for estimating; estimating methods; pricing of various trades and preliminaries; analysis of building cost; building cost escalation; design cost management.Module content:
Construction Procurement Guidelines; standards for uniformity; contract administration; project administration; conditions of appointment and fee accounts; consortiums; tendering for professional services; professional indemnity; Public Private Partnerships; Quantity Surveying Professions Act; Council for the Built Environment Act; CIDB Act.
Construction Industry Development Board Act (CIDB Act), Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA).
Module content:
An essay on a subject approved by the head of department should be handed in during the final year of study.
Module content:
A study of effective business management with reference to various organisational functions. Attention is paid to the built environment practitioner within this context.
Module content:
Measuring of demolitions, alterations, advanced earthworks and mechanical services. Preliminaries, types of bills of quantities and compilation of bills of quantities including the application of the procurement prescripts of the Construction Industry Development Board in the Public Sector. Geotechnical and civil engineering works.
Module content:
Operational management techniques, productivity, work study and effect on price determination. Construction programming techniques.
Module content:
Construction law and law of delict – an overview; history of building contracts in South Africa; JBCC principal building and nominated/selected subcontract agreements: interpretation, insurance and security, execution, completion, payment, suspension and termination, dispute resolution; JBCC minor works agreement; case studies.
Module content:
Application and terms of CIDB endorsed standard construction contracts other than JBCC (GCC, NEC and FIDIC); case studies. Alternative dispute resolution: mediation, adjudication and arbitration; litigation - an overview; law of delict; negligence and damage to property.
Module content:
Introduction to project management in the building and property industry. Key processes, knowledge areas and techniques are covered.
Module content:
Overview of factors affecting the feasibility of proposed property developments, including a brief introduction to town planning, valuation, financing, marketing and investment principles.
Module content:
Detailed financial viability studies of different types of property developments; value management and life-cycle costing.
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