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What's the difference between civil engineering and quantity surveyor?

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Question added by ojewuyi kehinde
Date Posted: 2016/07/15
Ehab Qiblawi
by Ehab Qiblawi , Regional Manager , Construction Material Chemical Industries CMCI

it's like asking for the difference between a car and windshield, as well as the wind shield is a small part of the car, quantity survaying is a course we took during our study. there is much much more in civil engineering than quantity survaying.

 

Imran Ahmed
by Imran Ahmed , Manager-Planning & Delay Analyst , Nesma United Industries (NUI) Saudi Arabia

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts

 

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