Empirical Study of Strategic Planning Approach to Quantity Surveying Education and Professional Development in Nigeria

Abstract

Quantity surveying is a profession that undertakes the total cost management of a nation’s infrastructure by ensuring prudence of all resources committed in a project, and above all giving maximum value for money. Clients’ growing demand and sophistication of contemporary services has led to the evolvement of QS roles from measurement to management, and from cost to value but the extent to which the profession responds methodically to this demand appears discretionary instead of deliberate policy enactments. The study highlights the application of strategic planning competency in the education curriculum and professional certification of Quantity Surveyors for improved role performance. The methodology involved a critical exposition of existing relevant literature and empirical research. The result of the study showed low knowledge and scanty application of the strategic planning competency in QS training and certification. The study concludes that strategic planning has potentials of improving Qs’s skills and competence. The study recommends a deliberate education and practice certification that intensely emphasizes strategic planning approach for improved and sustainable role performance by quantity surveyors.