Higher Diploma in Quantity Surveying

Course Overview

Quantity Surveying is one of the advisory professions with a fast growing demand in Construction Industry. Quantity Surveyors are commonly known as Cost Consultants, Construction Economists and Cost Managers in Construction Industry. However the job description of the profession lies more-or-less identical around the globe. It demands you to use your numerical and managerial skills applied in real-time circumstances. The Quantity Surveying program at ICBT enables you; to develop your passion in to a skilled Quantity Surveyor either in Client or Contractor’s discipline. Custom-tailored curriculum designed with an overwhelming emphasis on practical scenarios, delivered by well qualified panel of lecturers has been one of the attractive attributes of our program. Furthermore our esteemed relationships with several state organizations have provided our students, the opportunity of earning training certifications of high recognition in addition to the Higher Diploma we offer at ICBT.

Programme Structure

• Semester 01

1. Professional communication and Negotiation Skills
2. Introduction to Quantity Surveying Practice
3. Advance Mathematics
4. Construction Project Planning (CPP)
5. Building Technology and Design (BTD)
6. Management Studies in Construction

• Semester 02

1. Material Science in Engineering
2. Civil Engineering Technology
3. Fundamentals of Building Information Modelling
4. Site Surveying in Construction
5. Measurement for Construction Works

• Semester 03

1. Management Accounting and Finance
2. Fundamentals of Construction Economics
3. Advanced Measurements for Construction (AMC)
4. Conversion and Adaptation of Buildings

• Semester 04

1. Project Administration and Construction Law
2. Group Project for Quantity Surveyors (GPQ)
3. Contractual Procedures for Quantity Surveyors
4. Tendering and Estimation for Construction (TEC)

• Industrial Training (Optional)

Entry Qualification

• GCE A/L Maths / Bio / Technology Stream
• G.C.E. O/L + Foundation

Course Fee

• ICBT Fee - Rs. 410,000
• University Fee - GBP 500

Progression Pathway

HD -> BSc (Hons) Topup Degree -> Master Degree