Professional Practice & Valuation
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The official GTU curriculum for Professional Practice & Valuation (subject code DI05006051) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 82 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI05006051)Unit 1 Professional Practice in Civil Engineering
- 1.1 Civil engineering profession and scope
- duties and responsibilities of civil engineers in public and private sectors. 1.2 Professional ethics and conduct. 1.3 Professional organizations. 1.4 Professional office practice
- interaction with clients
- architects and local authorities
Unit 2 Civil Engineering Laws, Regulations, Contracts and Tendering
- 2.1 Need for legal knowledge in civil engineering. 2.2 Basic overview of laws and regulations
- such as the Indian Contract Act, Labour laws related to construction works
- Environmental regulations
- Building by-laws, and Role of local authorities and approval procedure
- various types of land titles as per state government/local authority
- Uses of Jantri rates for Land/property valuation. 2.3 Contracts in civil engineering
- Definition and essentials of a valid contract
- Types of construction contracts. 2.4 Tendering procedures
- Meaning and purpose of tendering
- Types of tenders
- Tender notice and tender documents
- Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)
- Security deposit
- Contract agreement and basic contract administration
- registration as a valid contractor in government/PSU
- Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: DI05006051 Subject Name: Professional Practice & Valuation
Unit 3 Fundamentals of Valuation
- 3.1 Introduction to valuation
- Definition of valuation
- Need and importance of valuation
- Purpose of valuation. 3.2 Types of property and interests
- Land and building
- industrial, and agricultural property
- Freehold and leasehold interests. 3.3 Important terms in valuation
- such as Cost
- market value
- book value
- capitalized value
- replacement cost
- scrap value
- salvage value, and standard rent. 3.4 Factors affecting the valuation of property. 3.5 Basic principles of valuation
- Principle of demand and supply
- Principle of substitution
- Principle of highest and best use, Principle of anticipation
Unit 4 Methods and Approaches of Valuation
- 4.1 Basic valuation approaches
- Market approach
- Cost approach
- Income approach. 4.2 Methods of valuation
- Comparative sales method
- Rental method
- Capitalization method
- Cost method. 4.3 Income approach
- Gross income and net income
- Capitalization concept
- Simple income-based valuation examples 4.4 Cost approach
- Replacement cost
- Depreciated cost
- Suitability of cost approach for buildings. 4.5 Market approach
- Comparison with similar properties
- Factors for adjustment in comparable properties. 4.6 Financial evaluation basics
- Time value of money
- Discounting concept
- basic introduction of Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: DI05006051 Subject Name: Professional Practice & Valuation
Unit 5 Valuation of Land and Buildings
- 5.1 Valuation of land
- Factors affecting land value
- Basic methods for land valuation
- Guidance value and market considerations. 5.2 Valuation of buildings
- Valuation based on cost and depreciation
- Valuation based on rent and income
- Combined value of land and building. 5.3 Depreciation
- Meaning and causes of depreciation
- Physical deterioration
- functional obsolescence
- economic obsolescence Methods of depreciation
- Straight Line Method
- Constant Percentage Method, and Sinking Fund Method. 5.4 Standard rent
- Meaning of standard rent
- Factors affecting rent fixation
- Simple calculation of standard rent. 5.5 Simple numerical problems
- Valuation of small residential buildings
- Land and building valuation examples
- Depreciation and rent-related examples
- valuation tables and their uses. 5.6 Valuation report writing
- Format of valuation report
- Essential contents of valuation report
- Supporting documents
- measurements, and data
- Precautions in report writing