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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 3

3.5 Traditional and Non Traditional Contract in Procurement Method

Figure 3.4: Contract Procurement Method

3.5.1 Traditional Contract
The traditional or conventional procurement method has been a standard practice in the

construction industry for 150 years. In traditional contract, the design process is
separate from the construction. Full documentation (i.e. drawings, work schedules, bills

of quantities) must be supplied by the client before the contractor can be invited to
tender for carrying out the work.
A contractor is usually selected and appointed by competitive tender, but

sometimes by negotiation. The terms of many traditional contracts require the client to
appoint a professional consultant (i.e. architect, quantity surveyor, contract

administrator) to act as an independent contract administrator.

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