Nzangi Muimi

25/09/2025

How can built environment professionals and students create impactful voices online and use them to make a lasting impact while innovatively marketing themselves and their services using digital content?

This webinar will spark a timely discussion.

20/09/2025

Cost management and cost control rank as the most important problems most construction businesses face globally, according to Autodesk’s “Status of Design & Make 2024 Report.”’

A quantity surveyor’s key work revolves around cost management and cost control of construction and infrastructure projects. With traditional methods gradually being replaced by automations, such as BIM and AI, why is this problem still prevalent?

BIM promises to automate repetitive quantity takeoff work and improve the accuracy and reliability of cost estimates if used appropriately. So, if this is the case, why are we still experiencing challenges in cost management and cost control?

I have set myself out on a quest to understand the disconnect between BIM and the practical roles it plays in cost estimating.

In Kenya, as one of the key economic hubs in the Eastern African Market, how are quantity surveyors utilising BIM to address these challenges? Are there tangible benefits that we can attribute to its usage in cost management by quantity surveyors in Kenya?

If you are reading this and you are a practising quantity surveyor, your insights, experiences, ideas, perceptions, and suggestions are needed to shape the future of quantity surveying practice in Kenya.
Please fill in this short questionnaire: https://forms.gle/jYdkGEmgyrLt8pkJ9

Thank you.

Greetings, I'm James Muimi Nzangi, a graduate student at the Department of Construction & Property Studies, Technical University of Kenya, enrolled in the Master of Construction Project Management course. As part of the course requirements, I'm doing research on 5-Dimensional Building Information Mo...

21/07/2025

📢 Calling on all registered quantity surveyors in Kenya:

Hi, I'm Muimi Nzangi, a Master of Construction Project Management student at the Department of Construction & Property Studies, Technical University of Kenya. I am conducting research on “5-Dimensional Building Information Modelling (5D BIM) Cost Estimating in Quantity Surveying Practice in Kenya.”

The research seeks to establish the current status of BIM adoption in cost estimating, review the technical capabilities of BIM tools in the Kenyan market, and provide recommendations for guiding future development of these BIM tools and the Standard Method of Measurement (SMM) for long-term compatibility. This will enable the construction industry to reap the benefits of cost estimation automation through BIM.

I’m reaching out to request that you share your wealth of industry experiences, ideas, perceptions, opinions, and thoughts on the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) by quantity surveyors in cost estimating. You can do so by responding to an online questionnaire.

Here’s the link to the short questionnaire: https://forms.gle/UrckXxWWQgGsDebg8

The results for this survey will be used for academic purposes for writing the master's thesis. Additionally, I will publish a journal research paper to benefit both the industry and the research community.

Feel free to share this with your colleagues and other quantity surveyors in your network. Thank you in advance for your support.

Greetings, I'm James Muimi Nzangi, a graduate student at the Department of Construction & Property Studies, Technical University of Kenya, enrolled in the Master of Construction Project Management course. As part of the course requirements, I'm doing research on 5-Dimensional Building Information Mo...

26/05/2025

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05/12/2024

In this video, I discuss the concept of market supply in microeconomics, the supply curve, movement along the supply curve as quantity supplied changes in response to price changes, and shifts in the supply curve signifying a decrease or an increase in the overall supply.

In this video, we will discuss the concept of market supply in microeconomics, the supply curve, movement along the supply curve as quantity supplied changes...

23/11/2024

A price increase almost always leads to an increase in the quantity supplied of that good or service, while a price decrease will decrease the quantity supplied.

Economists call this a positive relationship between price and quantity supplied – and it illustrates the law of supply.

The concept of supply describing the quantities a seller is willing to sell at different prices to illustrate the supply law.

15/11/2024

A simplified explanation of the concept of demand in economics

In this video, we will discuss the concept of market demand in microeconomics (a branch of economics besides macroeconomics), the demand curve, and factors t...

12/11/2024

Market Demand - as explained by a QS.

The law of demand, how consumers respond to changes in prices of goods and services, and shifts in the demand curve are explained.

09/11/2024

10 Factors to Consider When Choosing BIM Software for Your Office

Choosing BIM software for your construction business? Here are ten important factors to consider in that exercise.

07/11/2024

New digital course: Learn Scheduling in Microsoft Project Professional step-by-step

Step-by-step guide to developing a project plan and solving the Red Zuma Project assignment questions.

06/11/2024

Onwards▶

28/09/2024

The Future of BIM?

Join Bill Allen, partner and chief technologist at EvolveLAB, as he shares his predictions for the next 3 to 10 years. With advancements in generative design...