I Need A Quantity Surveyor To Mentor Me

Somebody please help this young man!  He needs a practicing Quantity Surveyor to guide him!

How many types are there? 

[b][/b]taking off is all about picking dimensions from your working drawings into your taking off sheet.

your taking off sheet is a specially ruled paper that has columns.

first of all,you need your scale rule which is one of the most important tool as a Quantity surveyor.before you start your taking off,be sure that your drawing is drawn to scale and the dimensions given.it will be easier if all the dimensions are well specified.it will make your job easy and fast.whereby the dimensions are not given,you now make use of your scale rule.the scale rule reads so many dimensions.check for the scale of the drawing you are about taking off to see if its drawn to scale like 1;100,1;200,1;150 etc.then you start your taking off.

In reading your dimensions,you need to be very careful to see if its been dimension in to in as in block wall to block wall.

In taking off,you list out the things you need to take off for example,if its a building you want to take off, these are the list of things you need to take off for;

FOR FOUNDATION;these are things needed

1 CLEARING OF SITE
2 EXCAVATION (TOPSOIL,TRENCH)
3 EARTHWORK SUPPORT
4 LEVELING AND COMPACTING
5 FORMWORK
6 BLINDING
7 CONCRETE IN FOUNDATION
8 BLOCKWALL
9 HARDCORE/LATERITE
10 CONCRETE SLAB

for SUPERSTRUCTUREi.e above foundation,the list are

1 WALLS AND CLADDING
2 REINFORCEMENT
3 FORMWORK
4 BLOCKWORK
5 FINISHING(FLOOR has to be tiles or screedingetc,WALL, has to be plastering,rendering or tiles,CEILING has to be suspended or whatever materials you want to use for your ceiling)
6 EXTERNAL WORKS(KERBS,SOAKAWAY AND SEPTIC TANK,LATERITE FILLING etc)
7 PAINTING AND DECORATION

for FENCING;

1 CONCRETE WORK
2 BLOCK WORK
3 FINISHING
4 PAINTING AND DECORATION

for ROOF;(maybe longspan,zinc whatever you want to use for your roof

for ;LANDSCAPING;
whatever kind of materials you want to use to beautify your surrounding.

yeah! I think Kamsy did answer your Question! If u need more info plz be specific as Quantity Surveying as a Profession is very wide nowadays. It'z now more than Building & Civil Engineering Construction. It's all depend on where u practise!
regards

Bqueen,

i bet u Q.S is such an enterprising profession. Just that the naija economy seems to be smhw hard on Construction industry. I as a Q.S U can nw work in many other lucrative sector. I work i a telecom infrastructure Company and do hope to expand my frontier now since i've gather experience. Plz follw ur mind and  u wont regret it.

FCT minister, Nasir El-Rufai is a Quantity Surveyor with both academic and professional experience; you can meet him to put you through. Regards.

I've seen this several times, and I'm quite uncomfortable with this apparently unfortunate error. Forgive me, Jaybaby, but I do think you mean design and dyeing.

Well Taking Off is not as difficult as it ay seem, it only need u to try and picture the building or item that yoy are taking off for. Ivor H. Seeley and Willis may of of help for a beginer, but a s u advance, you need a real hands on training.