Abstract
Purpose- Innovation repositions and strengthens the competitive advantage and revenue drive of corporate businesses. The aim of this study is to assess the extent of the process and product innovation in Nigerian Quantity Surveying firms with a view to determining the innovative tools/concepts used. 
 Design/Methodology- The study adopted a questionnaire survey in which simple random sampling was used to collect data from Quantity Surveyors working with Quantity Surveying firms in the study area. Relative importance Index, mean score, frequencies, andpercentages were used to analyze the data collected, and Rogers' innovation adopters categorization was employed to determine the level of adoption of innovation by Quantity Surveyors. 
 Findings- The study found that Quantity Surveying firms do not engage the services of innovation specialist because of financial constraint. The most adopted innovative tools/concept by Quantity Surveying firms are MS Excel, Computer Aided Taking-off, CATO, and CA Estimating, and these firms are an early majority in the adoption of process and product/technological innovations. 
 Practical Implications- The study would assist Quantity Surveying firms who have notembraced innovation to do so, by adopting and incorporating innovative practices in the running of the business transactions and operations to improve clients' satisfaction, profit generation, andcompany image.
Highlights
The construction industry is a powerful sector that provides job and stimulates growth for other construction-related economic activities
The study sought to establish the level of adoption of process and product/technological innovation by Nigerian Quantity Surveying firms, using Rogers' adopters' categorization
It was concluded that Quantity Surveyors in Nigeria are the early majority in the adoption of innovative tools/concepts in the discharge of their functions in their organization
Summary
The construction industry is a powerful sector that provides job and stimulates growth for other construction-related economic activities. The construction system involves a careful, coordinated and the integration of scarce resource inputs such as finance, design know-how, construction materials and skilled and unskilled labor during the erection processes of the structure or building; while the finished building or completed structure is the product of the coordinated construction activities that meet clients need and the desired projects objectives (Chan, 2007). There is a wide perception of the environment not offering opportunities to nurture creativity, even when studies have shown the existence of large volume and excellence ideas within the industry (Jamie, 2007). There has been a knowledge vacuum that exists, which has to be filled through an innovative process as the professionals in the construction projects continuously preoccupied with seeking idea on how the finished product is to be attained within a minimum time and cost and at an enhanced quality and function
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