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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 2

detail and including floor plan, cross section plan, and including finishes and
services.

The first cost plan was done in this stage. As stated before the cost plan
is important to the construction process as it’s a control tool/technique of detail
cost in each element to avoid any uncontrolled extra cost.

Cost plan is designed as a tool or medium to alert team members on any extra
cost if design changes are happen. Any extra cost may become as a financial

burden to the client. QS must always closely communicate and cooperate with
other design team member so that the cost will always around the budget.

E) Technical Design
Once the approval from the Local Authority has been obtained, it is the time

when the design process turns into another stage which is the preparation of
Technical Design. This is the stage when all the schematic drawings are being
detailed out.

In general, the technical design are the finalized design drawings that
show details on every aspects of building elements for easy understanding of all
parties involved especially during the construction stage.

The Technical design / Technical Drawings shall be produced by all
disciplines involve including architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical
and so on.

The Bill of Quantity (BQ) shall also be prepared by the Quantity Surveyor
during this stage. The BQ is basically a list of work descriptions to be carried out

for the project which includes the method, quality and quantity of the works for
every component of the building to be built. The BQ normally forms part of
Tender Document as a basis for the contractor to put the prize for bidding.

Other than drawings, ‘specifications’ as well as ‘schedules’ shall also be
prepared in full during this stage for additional information. List of schedules

commonly needed to be provided are as followed:
 Schedule of Door & Windows
 Schedule of Finishes

 Schedule of Interior Design Works / Fittings and *Furnishing /
Ironmongery.

 Schedule of Sanitary Fittings

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