World Engineering Cost Education Development Report

Author: Yin Yilin
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book selects the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hong Kong region as representatives of the higher education systems in quantity surveying and construction cost engineering. It analyzes several aspects, including the professional qualification and management systems of professionals in these countries and regions, the accreditation policies and procedures of quantity surveying/construction cost engineering industry associations for university courses, and the curriculum design and teaching models of typical universities' quantity surveying/construction cost engineering programs. The study reveals the integration mechanism between higher education in construction cost engineering and professional qualification. The research also conducts extensive surveys and analyses of the construction cost engineering discipline development in mainland Chinese universities, summarizing the current state of domestic higher education in construction cost engineering and the foundation for talent cultivation, with the aim of achieving internationalized education concepts and strategies that integrate higher education with professional qualifications as soon as possible. The book comprehensively introduces the origins of construction cost engineering worldwide, the role of construction cost engineering professionals in the market, the management of construction cost engineering professionals, and the development of the construction cost engineering discipline. It provides a thorough overview of the quantity surveying professional system in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which is based on academic education, as well as the curriculum design and talent cultivation models of university quantity surveying programs. It also comprehensively introduces the construction cost engineering professional system in the United States and Canada, which is based on engineering education and characterized by continuous education, along with the curriculum design of university construction cost engineering programs. Additionally, it introduces the basic situation and development of the cost engineer system and construction cost engineering discipline construction in mainland China. This book is suitable for faculty and students of construction cost engineering programs in domestic and international universities to understand the development of construction cost engineering disciplines worldwide. It is also useful for construction cost engineering professionals to understand the basic competencies required to participate in international professional qualification mutual recognition. Furthermore, it can serve as a reference for construction cost engineering management departments and industry associations in formulating relevant policies.