i am a young post graduate from the Durban University of Technology with a national diploma in Building and currently in my first year studying towards a degree of bachelor of technology in construction management. I have one years experience in the construction industry as an assistant quantity surveyor and in that one year i did tasks such as compiling bills of quantities, measured brick work, concrete works and steel works, i also did take offs, attended site meetings and tender briefing meeting. I used softwares such as Microsoft excel, microsoft project and WinQS.