Estimating are the fundamental of building construction as it provides all parties on information such as the overall cost of the building, the material needed to construct a building, resources needed to fulfil trades of work and even information on contractual aspect of construction project.
Over the years, measurement have becoming more and more important to construction sector as more and more industry and macro-economic sector started utilizing estimation as part of construction fundamentals. However, since the emergence of the concept "Industrial Revolution 4.0" across the globe, various technologies and software are being developed as an initiative to traditional measurement.
Hence, as the future prospect of our construction sector, you are required to study on the "effect of modernization to estimating" in general.
You are required to discuss on
Traditional estimating
Involvement of technologies in estimating
Pro and cons of the involvement of technologies in estimating
Pick one (1) software or application that is being used in the industry (Eg: Cubicost, Primavera, etc…)
Introduce them in general.
What can they do in terms of estimation.
Why do you choose them as your software.
Conclusion (Please include your findings on the matters discuss above – Technologies is good initiative to estimation, it is not good, etc…)
You shall provide the discussion in the form of report and the following shall be taken into consideration while preparing for your report.
Not more than 15 pages (Minimum 10 Pages)
Include cover page, table of content, reference and necessary formatting
Use ‘Times New Roman’ fonts
Use 14 font size for topic, 12 font size for heading and 11 font size for the body
1.5 line and paragraph spacing
All paragraph should be in justify format
The student has to prepare a slide for presentation in which will cover for all content under the report.
The slides shall be:
Not more than 15 slides
15 minutes’ presentation time
Cover all parts under the report
Use your own creativity as there will be marks for slides Submit your slide along with your report