Estimating Assignment Brief

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE· BUILDING· DESIGN
Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia
BACHELOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING (HONOURS)
QSB 60504 ESTIMATING
COURSEWORK 2:
PROJECT TENDERING FOR SINGLE STOREY SHOW HOUSE
YEAR 2, SEMESTER 4
Version 2018

QSB60504

Bachelor
of
Quantity
Surveying
(Honours)
–
Estimating
(QSB
60504)

1. SCENARIO

You
are
working
as
quantity
surveyors
for
a
building
contractor.
You
have
recently
received

an
invitation
to
tender
a
single
storey
show
house
project.
Your
director
has
decided
to

tender
the
job
in
order
to
meet
the
company
profit
target.

In
order
to
win
the
job,
you
are
required
to
obtain
as
many
quotations
as
possible
to

estimate
for
the
lowest
price.
You
are
also
required
to
estimate
the
reasonable
allowance

for
preliminaries,
attendance
for
NSC
and
profit
margin
for
the
project.

If
you
are
short
listed
for
the
final
tender
negotiation,
you
are
required
to
prepare
a

presentation
to
the
clients.
However,
if
you
fail
to
be
short
listed,
you
are
required
to

prepare
a
presentation
to
your
director.

2. ASSIGNMENT
BRIEF

You
will
need
to
form
a
group
each
comprising
of
about
9-‐10
students.
Each
group
will

receive
a
tender
invitation.
The
students
shall
follow
the
instruction
given
in
the
tender

invitation
to
obtain
tender
document.
In
order
to
complete
the
assignment,
students
are

require
to:

1) Obtain
the
tender
documents
as
per
the
tender
invitation
(16TH

April
2018,
Monday)

2) Obtain
quotations
for
estimate

3) Obtain
quotations
for
estimate

4) Virtual
site
visit
(30th

April,
Monday).

5) Estimate
the
unit
rates
using
the
quotations
received
(16th

April
to
28th

May
2018).

6) Complete
the
tender
document
and
prepare
for
submission
(28th

May
2018,
12.00pm).

7) Take
note
of
comments
during
tender
openings
(28th

May
2018,
1.00pm).

8) If
students’
group
is
shortlisted,
the
students
will
attend
an
evaluation
session
in
the

form
of
tender
interview.
If
the
students’
group
failed
to
be
shortlisted,
the
students
will

attend
an
evaluation
session
with
the
director.
Evaluation
date:
4th

June
2018.

QSB60504

Bachelor
of
Quantity
Surveying
(Honours)
–
Estimating
(QSB
60504)

3. SUBMISSION
/
TASKS

1) Student
will
require
to
include
the
following
in
their
tender
submission:

a. Cover
letter
specifying
any
qualifications.

b. Completed
tender
documents
as
per
instruction
given.

c. Appendix
in
tender
documents
numbered
as
A,
B,
C
format.
Eg.
list
of
equipment,

schedule
of
dayworks,
list
of
suppliers
and
etc.

d. Additional
Appendix
numbered
as
I,
II,
III
format:

i. Appendix
I
–
Correspondences:

Any
relevant
correspondences
such
as
invitation
letter.

ii. Appendix
II
–
Quotations:

All
the
quotations
received
whether
used
or
not
used.

iii. Appendix
III
–
Estimations
of
unit
rates:

The
working
calculation
of
the
unit
rates.

iv. Appendix
IV
–
Others:

2) Evaluation
session

Refer
to
evaluation
session
brief.

4. OTHER
NOTES

1. This
assignment
requires
a
highly
co-‐operative
teamwork.
Students
are
required
to

demonstrate
the
teamwork
as
marks
will
be
allocated
for
teamwork.

2. Any
work
submitted
after
the
deadline
shall
have
the
percentage
grade
assigned
to
the

work
on
face
value
reduced
by
10%
for
the
first
day
and
5%
for
each
subsequent
day

late.
A
weekend
counts
as
1
day.

5. ASSESSMENTS
MARKS

1) Tender
submission
30%

2) Tender
evaluation
session
10%

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