QSB60604 Professional Practice 1

This subject is lectured by Mr. Wong Chong Wei. He is a part time lecturer who has a lot of experience and passion. Of course, he likes to share his experience and knowledge to us during classes. This subject is basically about the procurement methods, tender document, PAM contract, Interim claim as so on. These all are the basic construction knowledge that we should know when we working in the field. The module is very challenging as I am not a student who likes to read but this subject need us to read more to gain extra knowledge. However, I will try my best to get more information and knowledge about this subject.


The subject consists of one mid term test, one group assignment, seminar and final exam.The group assignment requires us to do a report on explaining each type basic procurement method to the client and also comparing as well as finalize the most suitable procurement method. We also need to do a presentation on our findings. Seminar is an interesting part for this subject as well. This is because we all have to do a very deep research about our own topic and Mr Wong will always ask many challenging questions which can literally improve our critical thinking skills and presentation skills.

I like his tutorial class as everyone of us have the opportunity to involve in the class activity. Although the tutorial class every week is very challenging, Mr Wong manage to let us share our findings to everyone in the class which I think is a very interesting learning way. It is also a platform to improved our communication skills and public speaking skills. Besides, we also have improved our problem solving skills as we have to answer Mr.Wong's question all the time by using critical thinking.

CSC60603 Software Application for Quantity Surveying

I have learned a lot of new things in semester 4 including this subject. As the name mentioned as above, it is all about using software. We are lectured by Ms. Lim who is a young and patient lecturer. I like the way she teaches. I can learn how to use the software easily because Ms Lim tries very hard to explain to us in details.


We have learned 2 softwares which is CostX and Buildsoft. Firstly, we have to do a group assignment which is 20% of the module. The group assignment is to let us to understand what is BIM and the comparison of each BIM software. Then we have to present our findings to our lecturer and also compiling a report. Then, we have another individual assignment which is connected to measurement 4 as we have to use the particular element that we have done for measurement 4 assignment, type a BQ for it and build a price rate for the element by using Buildsoft. For my part, I have chosen internal floor finishes.

I have learned new software skills which is very helpful for my future career. It saves a lot of time by comparing to do manual measurement. I have also improved my communication skills as I worked with different people with different working styles. I have also improved my email skills because I have to get the price rate and also quotation from different suppliers so that I can build rate. Of course, I have improved my digital literacy skills as I can manage to use both software now.

BLD61203 Structure

First of all, this subject is mainly about physics. Even though I was a science stream student when I was in my high school, this subject is still challenging for me. We have learned about forces, moments, truss, beams and others. We learned the calculate the shear force and bending moments of the beams. It is not just about mathematics, it involves all the physics concept which is very difficult. However, we have a very patient lecturer - Mr Chai who is willing to explain to us whenever we do not understand the concepts or calculations.

This subject consist of one mid term test which is 25%, one in class assignment which is 25% as well as one final exam which is 50%.

I have improved my understanding skills during the tutorial as Mr Chai explain the calculation in details if I do not understand in the lecture class. I like his tutorial class because I can really practice the calculations in class so that I do not have to go home and do all the exercise and I have no one to ask if I do not understand. I have also improved my problem solving skills as this subject needs a lot of imagination and I have to apply all the theory when I am solving the calculation. I also understood the importance of the design of the structures to a building which might cause fatal and serious consequences.

QSB60504 Estimating

This is the first time I have ever learned about estimating. This subject is lectured by Ms. Azrina. At first I thought this subject is just simple mathematics. However, during the time I am doing the exercises, I found that it has its challenging part. In order to fully manipulate this subject, a strong construction knowledge base is a must. Like the way of laying bricks, mixing concrete and so on.

As usual, we have one group assignment which is very interesting. This group assignment is 40% and I teamed with another 9 course mates. The assignment basically is about we have to create our own contractor firm and all the groups will have to compete and bid for the tender of a project. We have to contact the suppliers to get the price rates for the materials and do calculation to get an ideal rate so that we can win the bidding. Besides, we have 10 % for ECA and 50% for final exam.

The subject overall is interesting as I enjoy calculations. We also have to prepare seminar for every week so that we can learn to interpret our knowledge learned from lecture class. Our seminar is basically being a tutor to teach other course mates how to do the particular topic of estimating.

I have improved my communication skills as I always have to deal with a very big group of people so that we can achieve the same goal. I have also improved my email skills as I have to get all the quotations from the supplier which is very challenging. I have also improved my problem solving skills because I always have to solve the calculation questions.