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035 _a(Sirsi) u125879
100 _aWong, K.
245 2 _aA short tour of quantity surveying
260 _c2004
490 _aCivil Engineering Surveyor
_v April 2004, 40-41(2)
520 _aBriefly describes a history of quantity surveying, from the recording of payments to workmen and contractors on clay tablets, dated pre-331 BC to present day. Suggests the construction industry has changed drastically in the last 140 years, when quantity surveying was founded in England. Lists key areas of expertise which quantity surveyors have developed. Concludes that globalisation and the development of a tighter knit world community have led to the adoption of quantity surveying as a profession in countries other than Britain.
590 _aABS
590 _aABS
650 _aGLOBALISATION
650 _aBUILDING CONTRACTORS
650 _aHISTORY OF SURVEYING
690 _aQUANTITY SURVEYING
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