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WWW.IQSKENYA.ORG APR - JUN 2018 | VOLUME 22 • ISSUE 002 | KSHS. 500/= PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE QUANTITY SURVEYING PROFESSION OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS OF KENYA Managing the Beyond “Heart” of a Firm Reinforced Qs Andrew Mandere’s Concrete: Parting Shot Superior Structures With The IQSK Joint Post-Tensioned Students’ Council Concrete 2018 IQSK Annual Golf Tournament 03.08 Fri 2018 Venue Golf ren Clu Charges Ka b Time: Ksh.3,000 categories of prizes 1. Overall Winner rookie session full day 2. Runner up 3. Third Runner up Ksh.2,000 4. Fourth Runner up 4-5pm 5. Best Quantity Surveyor 6. Best Senior Quantity Contests, prizes Surveyor 7. 1st Nine & cocktail 8. 2nd Nine 9. Best Lady 10. Longest Drive Men For more information and reservations kindly contact the Event Organizer, 11. Longest Drive Women Advance Public Relations & Marketing: Nisha Van Hoek /Gladys Gathu Tel: 0721 608 670/ 0733 601 061/ 0713 427 257 12. Nearest to the pin Men Email: [email protected] • [email protected]/[email protected] 13. Nearest to the pin Women 14. Best Effort/ Piga Mingi sponsors ALAF LAXMANBHAI MRM C O N S T R U C T I O N LT D . MABATI ROLLING MILLS SAFAL B U I L D I N G & G E N E R A L C O N T R A C T O R S STEEL Pantone Blue 072C Pantone 179C Pantone Cool Gray 7 C C - 0 M - 100 Y - 100 UGANDA K - 0 BAATI SUPERIOR QUALITY SINCE 1964 C - 100 M - 80 Y - 0 K - 0 UGANDA C - 0 M - 0 Y - 100 BAATI K - 0 UGANDA BAATI THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR 2018 IQSK Annual Golf Tournament 03.08 Fri 2018 COVER IMAGE The Microsoft Auditorium - Strathmore Law School Venue Golf CONTENTS ren Clu Charges a b REGULARS K Time: Editorial 4 p.9 Ksh.3,000 categories of prizes Chairman’s Report 6 1. Overall Winner rookie session full day 2. Runner up Interesting Construction Facts 8 3. Third Runner up Pictorial 20 Ksh.2,000 4. Fourth Runner up Current Construction Cost in Kenya 28 4-5pm 5. Best Quantity Surveyor Current Construction Costs Per Area in Kenya 36 6. Best Senior Quantity Members in Good Standing 38 Contests, prizes Surveyor Directory of Consulting Quantity Surveying Firms 41 7. 1st Nine & cocktail FEATURES & STORIES 8. 2nd Nine p.12 The Land Surveyor’s Lens: 9. Best Lady 10. Longest Drive Men The Suswa Fault Line Incident can be Better Studied by GNSS Technology 9 For more information and reservations Opinion: kindly contact the Event Organizer, 11. Longest Drive Women Advance Public Relations & Marketing: Nisha Van Hoek /Gladys Gathu When It Caves 10 Tel: 0721 608 670/ 0733 601 061/ 0713 427 257 12. Nearest to the pin Men Email: [email protected] • Management: [email protected]/[email protected] 13. Nearest to the pin Women Managing The “Heart” of a Firm 12 14. Best Effort/ Piga Mingi World of Engineering: Beyond Reinforced Concrete: Superior Structures with Post-Tensioned 14 Concrete Opinion: sponsors Essential Skills of the Future Quantity Surveyor 17 Student Corner: p.26 The IQSK Joint Students’ Council 18 Student Corner: Challenges of the Future 19 ALAF The History of Construction in Kenya: The Rise of the National Construction Corporation (NCC) 26 LAXMANBHAI MRM C O N S T R U C T I O N LT D . MABATI ROLLING MILLS SAFAL B U I L D I N G & G E N E R A L C O N T R A C T O R S STEEL Pantone Blue 072C Pantone 179C Pantone Cool Gray 7 C C - 0 M - 100 WWW.IQSKENYA.ORG APR - JUN 2018 3 Y - 100 UGANDA K - 0 BAATI SUPERIOR QUALITY SINCE 1964 C - 100 M - 80 Y - 0 K - 0 UGANDA C - 0 M - 0 Y - 100 BAATI K - 0 UGANDA BAATI THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR EDITORIAL THE TEAM EDITOR Qs. Sylvester Oluoch TOWARDS ASSISTANT EDITOR GREATER Qs. Portia Ajayo DESIGN AND LAYOUT GROWTH Eric Ng’ang’a EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Qs. Sylvester Oluoch Qs. Portia Ajayo Qs. Jasan Wanyoike s we present the second issue of In view of the recent collapse of yet Dr. Qs. Njeri Wachira-Towey our Journal this year, we unveil another building, it is evident that the Qs. Mutinda Mutuku Athe newly elected members of the issue is yet to be conclusively resolved. Asst. Qs. David Derrick George Gitau IQSK Council who will serve the Institute We revisit this pending issue of collapsing Ernest Nyakundi for the next two years, led by QS. Peter buildings in the country, highlighting the Jemimah Kaluvi Kariuki. We sincerely thank the out-going roles and responsibilities of the different Council, which was ably headed by QS. parties involved in the construction IQSK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Andrew Mandere, for their selfless service process. It is high time we all took up Qs. Peter S. Kariuki Chairman in steering the Institute to greater heights. our responsibilities and did away with Qs. James Munene Vice Chairman Qs. Mutinda Mutuku Hon. Secretary The Editorial desk congratulates the new the common practice of passing the buck Qs. Andrew Mbuku Hon. Treasurer Council and look forward to realizing which leaves issues unresolved and results Qs. Jennifer Musyimi Hon. Registrar even greater achievements as an Institute, in continued destruction of property and Qs. Joel Gichimu Ass. Hon. Secretary under their leadership. In QS. Mandere’s loss of life. Our regular articles from the Qs. Andrew Mandere Immediate Past parting shot, you will notice the strides we World of Engineering, the History of Chairman COUNCIL MEMBERS have made over the years as an Institute. Construction in Kenya, and others have QS. Gladys Wahome None of these would have been achieved also been included in this Issue. Qs. Sylvester Oluoch without your support. For this we are very There is a palpable positive vibe in the Qs. Jordan Rabach grateful. economic atmosphere, with the economy Qs. Adeline Dindi We have prepared a selection of set to improve now that the long-awaited Qs. Kennedy Mwendwa insightful articles including one on the budget has been unveiled and with it, IQSK SECRETARIAT use of technology to prevent, mitigate and the resources set aside for the ‘Big Four’ Faith Murigu Executive Officer solve modern-day issues in construction. agenda. It is our sincere hope that this Lydiah Chege Finance & Admin Officer The article focuses on the widening of indicative plan will provide the necessary Victorine Chasia Administrative Assistant the Suswa fault line, and how technology momentum for the steady growth of the Kadiri Atsenga Office Assistant & Driver could have been applied to prevent and/ economy and no doubt, of the construction or manage the disaster. In an era where industry as well. considerable strides have been made in technological advancement, it is only Enjoy the read! prudent to use the same to improve the PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE QUANTITY SURVEYING PROFESSION quality of life. This article highlights one Portia Ajayo The Quantity Surveyor, the official journal of way in which we could begin doing this. Assistant Editor the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK), is published quarterly by IQSK located at Blue Violets Plaza, office 106 along the Kindaruma Road/Kamburu Drive junction. P. O. Box 13929-00800, Nairobi, Kenya TO ADVERTISE CONTACT; Mobile: 0721-676823 / 0786-676824 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.iqskenya.org DISCLAIMER All correspondence to the editor is assumed to be intended for publication. The Quantity Surveyor admits no liability for unsolicited articles or pictures, which must be accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. 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