Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia

Adoption of standard – based pricing method for building services could improve the reliability and consistency of its early budget estimate. This study evaluates the provisions of the standard method of measurement in use in Malaysia in relation to current build...

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Main Authors: Yusuf, G. A., Mohamed, S. F., Yusof, Z. M., Misnan, M. S.
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Published: 2013
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spelling my.utm.508812017-09-14T07:05:57Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/50881/ Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia Yusuf, G. A. Mohamed, S. F. Yusof, Z. M. Misnan, M. S. TH Building construction Adoption of standard – based pricing method for building services could improve the reliability and consistency of its early budget estimate. This study evaluates the provisions of the standard method of measurement in use in Malaysia in relation to current building services cost management. The study found that the reliability of building services budget estimates could be enhanced if the detailed rules of measurement is adopted as the basis for preparing its bills of quantities. However, this may require the development and adoption of the building service standard method of measurement that would reflect local practices, adoption of value engineering and enhancement of quantity surveyors capacity in the technology of building services. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Yusuf, G. A. and Mohamed, S. F. and Yusof, Z. M. and Misnan, M. S. (2013) Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia. In: Lecture Notes In Engineering And Computer Science. http://epublication.fab.utm.my/478/1/2013WCEAbstract.pdf
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
content_source UTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.utm.my/
topic TH Building construction
spellingShingle TH Building construction
Yusuf, G. A.
Mohamed, S. F.
Yusof, Z. M.
Misnan, M. S.
Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia
description Adoption of standard – based pricing method for building services could improve the reliability and consistency of its early budget estimate. This study evaluates the provisions of the standard method of measurement in use in Malaysia in relation to current building services cost management. The study found that the reliability of building services budget estimates could be enhanced if the detailed rules of measurement is adopted as the basis for preparing its bills of quantities. However, this may require the development and adoption of the building service standard method of measurement that would reflect local practices, adoption of value engineering and enhancement of quantity surveyors capacity in the technology of building services.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yusuf, G. A.
Mohamed, S. F.
Yusof, Z. M.
Misnan, M. S.
author_facet Yusuf, G. A.
Mohamed, S. F.
Yusof, Z. M.
Misnan, M. S.
author_sort Yusuf, G. A.
title Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia
title_short Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia
title_full Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia
title_fullStr Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in Malaysia
title_sort adoption of standard based pricing method for the procurement of mechanical and electrical engineering services in malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/50881/
http://epublication.fab.utm.my/478/1/2013WCEAbstract.pdf
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