Assessing the level of significance of adopting the international cost management standard (ICM 3) and the role of a quantity surveyor in its use as a technique for carbon assessment for sustainable construction in Uganda.

Abstract

The introduction of the International Cost Management Standard (ICMS 3) was made to lessen the enormous amounts of emissions and natural resource consumption that the building sector generates over the course of a project. It was established to establish a standardised procedure for evaluating the life cycle of greenhouse gases and to provide a way to better understand where they come from in a construction supply chain. This is crucial in today's world because, absent change, the temperature of the climate would continue to rise and adversely affect the already significant effects of climate change that have already been observed. By putting ICMS 3 into practice, the sector hopes to help stakeholders understand the effects and promote progress toward a more sustainable future. Through informed opinions, facts, and case studies, this study seeks to assess the level of significance of the incorporation of the International Cost Management Standard (ICMS 3) and the role of a quantity surveyor in its use as a technique for use in the Life cycle and carbon accounting for sustainable construction within the construction industry and how well the construction industry has embraced the carbon assessment strategy defined by ICMS 3. The effectiveness of ICMS 3 adoption in the construction industry will be assessed via journals, research, and a questionnaire that will be given out to Quantity Surveyors in the sector. The findings showed that the industry is having trouble adjusting to change at all levels and in all domains. The results of this study demonstrate that the industry has just scratched the surface, and despite the larger organisations' leadership, the production process and smaller organisations are not doing enough.