The Thorpebury community development plans to construct 4,500 new houses

The Thorpebury community development plans to construct 4,500 new houses, a new town centre with supermarkets and community facilities, two local centres with shops and services, a new primary school, provisions for a secondary school, sports facilities, open spaces, play areas, allotments, and sites for travelers. The project will cost £596 million and is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2029.

The construction company you work with is developing new homes and supermarkets. The pre- contract costs have been prepared by the QS department of your construction company, and the focus is now on post-contract cost control. You are to produce report addressing the following:

a)Identify key aspects of tendering, financial control, and professional conduct in providing QSservices. This question must be related to the ongoing project above. Assumptions and externalreferences must be applied to explain the key concepts from different perspectives.

b)The dynamics of post-contract cost control management on a project with multiple buildings andteams. This question must be answered by reviewing and juxtaposing the different post-contractcost-controlling techniques that may be relevant to the project. The contexts of the answershould be wider than the ongoing project, and other similar complex projects with multipleconstruction projects can be explored as a comparison.

c)The nature of post-contract cost-controlling techniques to ensure successful delivery, bearingin mind how the project costs will be kept within expected limits for a 2029 delivery. In thisquestion, produce a section discussing the types of post-contract cost controlling techniquesand suggest the most applicable options for the ongoing project with justification usingreferences and personal experiences.

d)Critically evaluate the application and relevance of QS services and professional ethics toconstruction projects. In this question, you are expected to review and explain the professionalservices the QS can provide to ensure project success. Furthermore, the New RICS Rule ofConduct (2021) must be applied to explain ethical considerations in the post-contract servicedelivery by the QS.

e)Concluding remarks on the importance of post-contract cost control in complex projects.

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