Coursework Assignment Brief
Academic Year 2024-25
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Module Title:
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Commercial Quantification and Cost
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Module Code:
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BNV5107
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Assessment Title:
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Quantification and Cost
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Assessment Type:
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Measurement
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Weighting: 100 %
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School:
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School of Engineering and the Built Environment
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Module Co-ordinator:
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ANGELA KILBY
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Hand in details:
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For all work submitted to moodle, the submission time is 3.00pm. If the assessment includes a presentation or other part not submitted to moodle, please see the assessment section of the module moodle page for details.
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Return of Feedback date and format
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20 working days from date of submission (see Moodle for details).
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Support available for students required to submit a re-assessment:
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Timetabled support sessions will be arranged for the period immediately preceding the hand-in date.
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NOTE:
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At the first assessment attempt, the full range of marks is available. At the re-assessment attempt the mark is capped and the maximum mark that can be achieved is 40%.
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Assessment Summary
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Groundwork measure
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IMPORTANT STATEMENTS
Undergraduate Regulations
Your studies will be governed by the BCU Academic Regulations on Assessment, Progression and Awards. Copies of regulations can be found at https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-contract
For courses accredited by professional bodies such as the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) there are some derogations from the standard regulations, and these are detailed in the academic regulations.
Cheating and Plagiarism
Both cheating and plagiarism are totally unacceptable, and the University maintains a strict policy against them. It is YOUR responsibility to be aware of this policy and to act accordingly. Please refer to the Academic Registry Guidance at https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/Academic-Services/Information-for-Students/Assessment/Avoiding-Allegations-of-Cheating
The basic principles are:
· Don’t pass off anyone else’s work as your own, including work from “essay banks”. This is plagiarism and is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
· Don’t submit a piece of work in whole or in part that has already been submitted for assessment elsewhere. This is called duplication and, like plagiarism, is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
· Always acknowledge all of the sources that you have used in your coursework assignment or project.
· If you are using the exact words of another person, always put them in quotation marks.
· Check that you know whether the coursework is to be produced individually or whether you can work with others.
· If you are doing group work, be sure about what you are supposed to do on your own.
· Never make up or falsify data to prove your point.
· Never allow others to copy your work.
· Never lend disks, memory sticks or copies of your coursework to any other student in the University; this may lead you being accused of collusion.
By submitting coursework, either physically or electronically, you are confirming that it is your own work (or, in the case of a group submission, that it is the result of joint work undertaken by members of the group that you represent) and that you have read and understand the University’s guidance on plagiarism and cheating.
You should be aware that coursework may be submitted to an electronic detection system to help ascertain if any plagiarised material is present. You may check your own work prior to submission using Turnitin at the Formative Moodle Site. If you have queries about what constitutes plagiarism, please speak to your module tutor or the Centre for Academic Success.
Electronic Submission of Work
It is your responsibility to ensure that work submitted in electronic format can be opened on a faculty computer and to check that any electronic submissions have been successfully uploaded. If it cannot be opened it will not be marked. Any required file formats will be specified in the assignment brief and failure to comply with these submission requirements will result in work not being marked. You must retain a copy of all electronic work you have submitted and re-submit if requested.
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Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:
1 Apply software to measure, bill and price different work, works sections by the appropriate standard method and appropriate specification.
2 Produce a working process that is methodical, logical, accurate and sequential using appropriate annotations and workings to enable others to understand the work that has been done.
3 Analyse, assess and implement a strategy to manage the impact of inaccurate design, specification and missing information on the project cost.
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Assessment Details:
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TASK 100%
Title: Groundwork tender package
Style.: Priced tender package, scope of work including activity schedule for payment
Rationale:
As an undergraduate QS you will be expected to continually practice the skill of measurement and cost.
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Description:
Task 1: Kier have just been awarded the contract to procure and build a new multi-million-pound scheme to ensure fish have an easier route to swim along the River Severn.
Unlocking the Severn, the group behind the £19.7 million project, says it is one of the largest river restorations of its kind ever attempted in Europe. It will see 158 miles of the river reopened to fish, by creating routes around physical barriers, namely weirs that currently prevent migration to critical spawning grounds.
The aim of the project is to secure the long-term future of many of the UK’s declining and protected fish species.
State-of-the-art fish passes will be installed on four navigation weirs on the River Severn.
As the subcontractor JJF Limited you have secured the Groundworks package on one of the four fish passes. Your fish pass is located in Lincomb. Site mobilisation is due July 2025.
Kier have programmed your works over a 10-week period.
Assessment Details:
Excel – Measure the excavation to the fish pass, and in the same document produced a priced Bill of quantities and activity schedule for the works job as a Groundworks subcontractor.
Please see document titled ‘Supplementary Information Fish Pass’ for details, drawing, notes and guidance.
· Your measurement approach – annotate the measure and link to the drwg (30%)
· Priced Bill of Quantities applying NRM2 descriptions (40%)
· Activity Schedule for payment (20%)
· Operational Schedule (10%)
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Additional information: The nature of this module and assessment lends itself to in class assistance each week.
Some essential reading:
Ashworth, A. (2004) Cost Studies of Buildings, 4th ed., Pearson Prentice Hall: London
Cartlidge, D (2012) Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book, 2nd Edition, Oxon, Routledge
Cartlidge, D (2013) Estimator’s Pocket Book, Oxon, Routledge
Cartlidge, D. (2006) New aspects of quantity surveying practice, Butterworth-Heinemann.
Murray, M., Langford, D., (2004) Architects Handbook of Construction Project Management, RIBA Publishing: London
Morton, R. and Jagger, D. (1995) Design and the Economics of Building, E & FN Spon, London, UK
Ostrowski, S (2013) Measurement Using the New Rules of Measurement, West Sussex, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
RICS (2012) New Rules of Measurement 2 (NRM2) Detailed Measurement for building works 1st Edition, RICS, London
Willis C J, Willis A, Trench W, Lee S (2014) Willis’s Elements of Quantity Surveying, West Sussex, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
For advice on writing style, referencing and academic skills, please make use of the Centre for Academic Success: Centre for Academic Success - student support | Birmingham City University (bcu.ac.uk)
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Workload:
Overall your coursework for this module is equivalent to 3000 words
Overall this module will take 30 hours of your own time to complete the task set
+10% is allowed for each Coursework
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Transferable skills:
Measurement, logical sequencing of measurement approach, understanding of construction technology, appreciation of how design information is recorded to assist in the creation of quantities, awareness of different approaches to measurement, insight into how measurement and package management influences subcontractor payments and IT skills.
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Marking Criteria:
Task
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Assessment
Criteria
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Apply software to measure, bill and price different work, works sections by the appropriate standard method and appropriate specification.
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Produce a working process that is methodical, logical, accurate and sequential using appropriate annotations and workings to enable others to understand the work that has been done.
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Analyse, assess and implement a strategy to manage the impact of inaccurate design, specification and missing information on the project cost.
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Grading
Criteria
0 – 29%
F
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Failed to submit or
Incomplete submission of significant areas
Demonstrates no understanding of the task set
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30 – 39%
E
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Generally: Incomplete task, incorrect/unprofessional pricing document, poor or no description of work, no specification, incorrect unit of measurement, poor approach to measure, and no annotation.
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40 – 49%
D
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Generally: Incomplete task, incorrect/unprofessional pricing document/scope of works, missing information, poor use of NRM2 work descriptions, incorrect units, incorrect approach to measure, and some missing annotation
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50 – 59%
C
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Generally: Some aspects of the task are incomplete, incorrect/unprofessional pricing document, information, poor NRM2 descriptions, incorrect units, incorrect approach to the measure, and some missing annotation
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60 – 69%
B
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Generally: Tasks complete, accurate, good NRM2 descriptions used, pricing document, units incorrect approach to measure, missing annotation
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70 – 79%
A
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Generally: Tasks complete, accurate, good/excellent description of the work, clarity of the information presented, pricing document/scope of work, measure, annotation, units.
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80 – 89%
A+
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Tasks complete, accurate, excellent descriptions use, pricing document/activity schedule, measure, annotation, units, clear assumptions relating to measure, and annotation linked to drawing
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90 – 100%
A*
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Excellent
Applied experience or demonstrating the relevant application of knowledge.
Excellent presentation
Thought-out activity schedule and operational strategy, clear presentation of complex data, clear management of commercial strategy, and clear presentation and statement to the Client, good client management.
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