Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mode of Business Agreement with the Quantity Surveyor in the Informal Sector Economy of Nigeria: Sustainability of Professional Standards

Abstract

Olanrewaju AT

Studies on informal employment have evaluate its quality on the basis of lists of indicators such as earnings, working schedule, observable perks at work, commuting time, and other observable job-related benefits. This study observes the mode of business agreement between the quantity surveyor and the client in this sector as a good proxy for the quality of informal employment and even for the quality of quantity surveyors’ life. This study adopted survey method in achieving the mode of business agreement between the quantity surveyor and the clients in the informal sector. Primary data were obtained through structured questionnaire administered on clients engaging the services of quantity Surveyors in the informal sector and registered quantity surveyors in Ogun state, Nigeria. Analysis of the data was done using Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS). However, it is discovered that formality in business agreement exists in this sector and so allows for a conclusion to be made that there is high survival rate for any quantity surveyor that ventures into this sector in terms of the code of professional practice.