A study on the use of measurement software in the preparation of bills of quantities among Malaysian quantity surveying firms

2011 Ninth International Conference on ICT and Knowledge Engineering Pub Date : 2012-02-16 DOI:10.1109/ICTKE.2012.6152414

Tan Chin Keng, Yeoh Kah Ching

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It is advantageous for a QS to be efficient in producing bills of quantities from measurement. Measurement software applications, as a useful IT tool, can help a QS to speed up the measurement works. In relation to the measurement software application for BQ preparation among Malaysian quantity surveying firms, the objectives of the study are to determine the level of usage, identify the problems and benefits. The data for this study were collected from quantity surveying firms registered in Malaysia. A total of 130 quantity surveying firms were selected as the samples of the survey, representing 41.01% of the total of 317 quantity surveying firms in Malaysia. A total of 34 questionnaires were received for analysis. The study found that less than half of the quantity surveying firms use measurement software in the preparation of BQ. The major problems identified are high software installation cost and required learning and remembering many procedures to use the software. The major benefits identified are high accuracy, easy to edit the BQ, speed up measurement works, and high traceability.

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马来西亚工料测量公司在编制工程量清单时使用测量软件的研究

对于QS来说，从测量中有效地生成数量清单是有利的。测量软件应用程序作为一种有用的IT工具，可以帮助QS加快测量工作。关于马来西亚工料测量公司的BQ准备的测量软件应用，本研究的目的是确定使用水平，确定问题和利益。本研究的数据收集自马来西亚注册的工料测量公司。共有130家工料测量公司被选为调查样本，占马来西亚317家工料测量公司总数的41.01%。共收到34份问卷进行分析。研究发现，不到一半的工料测量公司在编制BQ时使用测量软件。发现的主要问题是软件安装成本高，需要学习和记住许多使用软件的过程。确定的主要好处是高精度，易于编辑BQ，加快测量工作，高可追溯性。

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