UNIT 9

Question 1

Additional Services a QS can provide

Answer 1

• Developer’s Finances
• Maintenece & Management
• Urban Renewal and Refurbishment
• Various Engineering Services
• Project Management
• Research
• Arbitration and Expert Witness
• Life Cycle Costing

Question 2

ASAQS Roles

Association of South African Quantity Surveyors

Answer 2

• Advance and promote the science and practice of quantity surveying and similar matters
• Uphold the dignity of the quantity surveying profession
• Watch over, promote and protect the interest of its members
• Afford opportunites for the interchange and recording of the knowledge and experience in quantity surveying
• Promote high standards of professional competence and integrity

Question 3

RICS Roles

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Answer 3

• Advancing the highest ethical and technical standards for professionals
• Protecting and providing benefits to consumers by enforcing standards and codes of
  best practice
• Providing expert impartial advice to governments, businesses and the public
• Equipping RICS members with leading advice, market insight and training
• Promoting RICS status and standards in worldwide markets as the mark of property professionalism

Question 4

Benefits of Chartered Surveyors

Answer 4

• Confidence that surveyor has professional indemnity insurance
• Gives client access to an independent complaints handiling proceedure
• Confidence the suveyor has required skills and expertise to complete project successfully
• Increased certianty in the building being completed on time and within budget
• Able to design solutions that optimise cost and procurements opportunities