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dc.contributor.author Vidana Gamage, S
dc.contributor.author Dissanayake, Y
dc.contributor.author Disaratne, V
dc.contributor.editor Samarawickrama, S
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-15T06:15:59Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-15T06:15:59Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17362
dc.description.abstract As a prominent construction professional in the construction industry, quantity surveyor shall be sharp with required competencies to overcome the challenges within a developing economy context. Therefore the study is directed to identify the gap between the current level of competencies and the required level of competencies of quantity surveyors in a developing economy and providing recommendations to bridge the gap. This research was driven into a mixed approach which includes desk review, expert surveys, questionnaire survey and expert interviews as data collection methods in order to accomplish the research aim. Initially a desk review was conducted to identify the competencies of quantity surveyors. Then an expert survey was carried out to build up a list of competencies in given context. After a questionnaire survey was conducted to seek the current level of competencies and then expert interviews were conducted to check the required level of competencies and the collected data were analysed with descriptive statistics to determine the gap. Mean, Standard deviation and Mode were used as analyzing tools to calculate the gap between. Further, recommendations were derived through expert interviews to bridge the identified gap by adapting the content analysis method. Continuous professional development programmes for quantity surveyors and periodical changes to the curriculum of quantity surveying academic courses were the common recommendations given. Within them, it is essential to contain development appraisals, financial management during construction, coordinating cash flows, resolving disputes and BIM management competencies as those are lacking in the given context. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Competencies en_US
dc.subject Developing Economy
dc.subject Quantity Surveyors
dc.title Competencies of quantity surveyors in a developing economy en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2018 en_US
dc.identifier.place Galle en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 449-457 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, December 08, 2018 Galle en_US
dc.identifier.email vgshanika9@gmail.com, en_US
dc.identifier.email dissanayakeyashoda@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email vijitha.disaratna@gmail.com en_US


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