Quantifying a Surveyor's Life - Professional Profession?

It has been quite some time since the first day of work in a consultantcy firm. We used to hear that QSes are not that keen with other professionals in the building industry. From my own experience during my Taylor's stint, I totally disagree with that. We have a great community in Taylor's which offers lots of special moments that most of us share. We talked about uniting students, people around us and saving our precious friendships.

However, in the real world out here, it is a hell to what you call heaven during college times. Ask a QS friend of yours that share your Building Services class or Construction or even Structures class. If they are doing take-off, and found there's discrepancies in the drawings, what do they do? List down in query list and make assumption. Great, it is a good approach, but have they ever come to a list of 100+ queries just for a single element of work? This happens and it is still ongoing. You can never find a perfect drawing but at least we expect a level of accuracy and consistency from them. Dimensions are incorrect its alright, but even the drawing number and revision number does not tally, how can you not blame us to hate the engineers for not being professional enough?

We, QSes are taken advantage of, and we are used by the industry to check drawings for errors instead of costing and pricing them. Where are we heading to if this trend goes on and on?

Paya Serai , 3rd of August 2007.

It's super overdue but an attempt to save the blog from dying..........hahahaah

say cheese!!!

pose. pose. posers!

very the vain keong

Gummy bears and cacing!!

Too delicious that even his nose couldn't resist!

haha

too full ......

Or too drunk??

Cool rite?!

awww.......

Marshmallows! Yum yum.........

Choo n Abuley drinking blood from the test tubes!

what are the blood types ar?? A, B, AB or O??

Bloodylicious??!!

LeeHua

Activity Week Presentation

HEY ALL!

Noticed that some of you have been enquiring about the presentation regarding the trips held during Activity Week. Anyway, have looked into it with some help (Thanks, Ms. Shereen!) and these are the details, if interested:

Date : Wednesday, 03/09/07 (tomorrow lah)
Venue : Level 8, B1-08-04
Time : About 11am to 1pm, however it most probably would run late - knowing the Taylors trend.

There will be presentations from the students who went to Hanoi, Seoul, Beijing, Sabah, India and others who I've missed, if I've missed. After that, there will be a prize-giving ceremony for the Hanoi peeps (apparently best presentation among the Hanoi peeps would win something REALLY EXTRAVAGANT), so hey! It should be something worth watching, no? I also heard there would be some sort of dance performance by the Beijing trip students, too ;) No promises tho.

Also, the exhibition of pictures and models and what nots will be ongoing till about 2-3pm, so maybe come for the exhibition only also would be good enough already lah.
Everyone's invited, come & see what we've learnt during the trips, the fun we had, and the embarassing moments relived :p

estherlauderlyn