Example construction contracts dissertation topic 3:

‘The attainment of sustainable national development and goals’ – a critique of the work of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

In the process of procurement and contract the role of the quantity surveyor is well-established. With BBC Television Centre about to be abandoned by the Corporation and with the magnitude of investment that the Corporation has directed towards Salford in recent years, this dissertation reviews the procurement and contract processes deployed by quantity surveyors who advised and worked with the BBC on these two inter-linked projects, requiring a sound understanding of the importance of business confidentiality issues, this is a dissertation that will benefit from the conducting of first-hand primary interviews with a range of key actors

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Akintoye, A. and Fitzgerald, E. (2000). A survey of current cost estimating practices in the UK. Construction Management & Economics, 18(2), pp. 161-172.
• Eadie, R., Perera, S. and Heaney, G. (2010).Identification of e-procurement drivers and barriers for UK construction organisations and ranking of these from the perspective of quantity surveyors.Journal of Information Technology in Construction.
• Murray, P. E., Donohoe, S. andGoodhew, S. (2004). Flexible learning in construction education: a building pathology case study. Structural Survey, 22(5), pp. 242-250.