Quantity Surveying: future career development

Salam and dear all, 1. Technologies especially IT have advanced at an un-precedented phase thus allowing quantity surveyors to achieve higher levels of efficiency and effectiveness in delivering services to their clients. 2. Quantity Surveyors, on par with their counterparts in the construction industry, are now using IT in measurement and documentations, in cost planning and cost control and in procurement and contract administration of construction works. 3. Consequently, more quantity surveyors are sought by employers to manage projects beyond the traditional boundaries of construction works. For example, Malaysian trained quantity surveyors (including those graduated from IIUM) are now working on a wider variety of projects such as sea and air ports, highways, plant and petro-chemical facilities, etc and as senior academics at home and overseas. In Europe quantity surveyors are moving towards commercial management and project management. 4. Experienced quantity surveyors are being entrusted to manage whole construction projects on behalf of their clients: from inception to completion and into post-completion activities including maintenance especially for projects procured under the PPP / PFI procurement routes. 5. Future growth related to the quantity surveying profession includes value management, facilities management, construction law and dispute resolutions. Wassalam.