Prevalent Tender Preparation Practices For Building Conservation Works

Projek pemuliharaan bangunan kian bertambah setelah bandar George Town dan Melaka berjaya diiktirafkan sebagai tapak warisan dunia. Banyak peluang telah diperolehi oleh pakar-pakar dalam sektor pembinaan termasuk jurukur bahan (JUB) untuk melibatkan diri dalam bidang yang jarang diterokai pada masa dahulu ini. Walau bagaimanapun, industri berpendapat bahawa JUB sering mengaplikasikan kepakaran yang dipraktikkan dalam projek pembinaan baru terhadap projek pemuliharaan bangunan dengan semata-matanya. Due to the successful joint listing of George Town and Malacca, conservation of heritage buildings has been ever-increasing. This creates more opportunity for consultants in the built environment including Quantity Surveyor (QS) to be involved in what was previously an uncommon area of work. However, the industry opines that the QS is merely transferring his expertise in new building practices to building conservation works. This method, though prevalent, tends to overlook the costs or items of highly specialised works that are not present in new construction but are critical to conservation work