Advanced Quantity Surveying Practice and Contracts Management (AQS & CM)
Introduction to
AQS & CM
AQS & CM is an experience-sharing programme aimed to build Quantity Surveyors’ professional experience from the basic level to the esteemed level. This programme is suitable for fresh graduates, junior QS, intermediate level QS & RICS APC candidates. This programme will cover most aspects of Quantity Surveying including pre-contract management and post-contract management.
Duration – 4 Months.
Most Beneficial For
- RICS APC Candidates
- Quantity Surveyors
- Contracts Managers
- Commercial Managers
- Claim Managers
- Estimators
- Project Managers
- Development Managers
- Subcontractors
- Employer’s Agent
Benefits of the Programme
Learning Outcomes
Pre Contract Management
- Feasibility Studies
- Introduction to Principle of Measurement
- Types of Contract
- Lump Sum Contract
- Measure & Value Contract
- Cost reimbursement Contract
- Form of Contract
- Element of Contract
- Standard form of Contract
- Advantage of Standard form of Contract
- Why amend Standard form of Contract
- How to choose suitable Standard form of Contract – Case Study
- Procurement Routes
- Criteria for consideration to choose suitable procurement route
- Type of Procurement Route
- Tendering
- Purpose of Tender
- Types of Tender and Tendering Procedure
- How to select suitable type of tender for a Project – Case Study
- Reasons for robust tendering strategies
- Preparing Tender documents
- Tender Floating
- Collecting Tender Documents
- Tender Receipt and Tender Evaluation
- Tender Negotiation
- Tender Report
- Prepare Contract Documents and Award of the Contract
- Tendering – Make it Success / Pre-contract Conflict Avoidance
- E-Tendering
- Contract Award
Post Contract Management
- Payments
- Types of Payments
- Interim Payment Application
- Value of the Works executed
- Changes in legislation and changes in cost
- Deduction/Release of Retention
- Retention Bond
- Advance payment and repayments
- Advanced Payment Guarantee
- Issuance of Advance Payment Certificate
- Repayment of Advance Payment
- Plant and Materials
- Material On-site
- Material Off-site
- Interim Payment Certification
- Issue of Interim Payment Certificate
- Holding the Contractor’s Payment
- Deal with Delay Payments
- Statement at Completion
- Final Account
- Discharge Letter
- Issue of Final Payment Certificate
- Performance Bond
- Defect Notification Period Vs Maintenance Period
- Variations
- Identifying Variations
- Change Control Management
- Contractual Entitlement of the Variation
- Notifying Variation
- Checking Validity of Variations
- Value Engineering
- Provisional Sum