Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors

The dynamism of the construction industry throughout the world call for no other skill of a professional quantity surveyor than the need for stringent cost control and effective cost management in providing value for money for construction clients. The aim of this research work is to examine the...

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Main Authors:	A.E. Oke, I.O. Timothy, A.I. Olaniyi
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2010
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spelling	ukm-25212016-12-14T06:31:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2521/ Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors A.E. Oke, I.O. Timothy, A.I. Olaniyi, The dynamism of the construction industry throughout the world call for no other skill of a professional quantity surveyor than the need for stringent cost control and effective cost management in providing value for money for construction clients. The aim of this research work is to examine the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors with a view to ascertaining areas that need improvement. Primary data were collected via wellstructured close-ended questionnaire using the areas of competencies of quantity surveyors as identified by RICS. Percentile, mean internal score and Cronbach’s alpha test were employed in the analysis and testing of the hypotheses generated. The study revealed that Nigerian quantity surveyors are performing above average in all the identified areas of competencies of quantity surveyors from the perception of all the considered construction professionals. The study finally recommended a need for personal improvement by quantity surveyors in Nigeria – especially the older ones- in order to keep them abreast with the current trend in the construction industry. Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2521/1/paper01.pdf A.E. Oke, and I.O. Timothy, and A.I. Olaniyi, (2010) Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors. Journal of Building Performance, 1 (1). pp. 64-72. ISSN 2180-2106 http://www.ukm.my/~jsb/jbp/index.html
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description	The dynamism of the construction industry throughout the world call for no other skill of a professional quantity surveyor than the need for stringent cost control and effective cost management in providing value for money for construction clients. The aim of this research work is to examine the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors with a view to ascertaining areas that need improvement. Primary data were collected via wellstructured close-ended questionnaire using the areas of competencies of quantity surveyors as identified by RICS. Percentile, mean internal score and Cronbach’s alpha test were employed in the analysis and testing of the hypotheses generated. The study revealed that Nigerian quantity surveyors are performing above average in all the identified areas of competencies of quantity surveyors from the perception of all the considered construction professionals. The study finally recommended a need for personal improvement by quantity surveyors in Nigeria – especially the older ones- in order to keep them abreast with the current trend in the construction industry.
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title	Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors
title_short	Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors
title_full	Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors
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Perception of construction professionals to the performance of Nigerian quantity surveyors

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