‘Neglect of quantity surveyors impacts negatively on projects’

President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), QS Mohammed Abba Tor, has said overlooking quantity surveyors in the construction industry has a negative impact on project delivery.

The president spoke while unveiling the NIQS new brand identity at its 2020 Annual General Meeting in Minna, Niger State, at the weekend.

“Overlooking the input of the QS has negative impacts, ranging from costs inflation to procurement of sub-standard materials and misalignments between assumed projects’ material needs and the actual requirements,” he said.

The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the NIQS began on Wednesday, November 11, with a workshop with the theme, ‘Cost Management of Mechanical and Electrical Services in High Rise Buildings’ and the induction of 239 new members of the institute.

During the three-day event, the leadership of the institute paid a courtesy visit to former military president Ibrahim Babangida, who is the grand patron of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS).