Quantity surveyor

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A quantity surveyor ( QS ) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge of construction and contract costs. They should not be confused with land surveyors or ground survey engineers.

The services provided by the quantity surveyor may include:

• Consultation fee, estimated cost
• Cost planning and commercial management throughout the project life cycle from start to finish
• Value determination
• Management and risk calculation
• Procurement advice and assistance during the tender procedure
• Bidding analysis and approval of contract amount
• Prepare price documents (eg Bills of Quantities) in the tender
• Design contractual terms and contractual correspondence
• Commercial management and contract administration
• Contractual suggestions
• Help in dispute resolution
• Capitalization of assets
• Temporary assessment and payment assessment
• Cost management process
• Assess additional design variation costs
• Creating company prequalification questionnaire documentation (PQQ) in accordance with company policy
• Project management
• Help in setting client requirements

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Traditional quantity survey service

1. Estimated cost
2. Cost planning
3. Study costs
4. Monitoring and cost control
5. Measurements
6. Contract negotiation
7. Designing contract terms
8. Procurement suggestions include bidding strategies
9. Set up the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) and Tender Documents
10. Practice contract
11. Assessment of construction works including variations
12. Valuation of contractor claims
13. Contractual suggestions
14. Dispute resolution
15. Set up a feasibility study
16. Suggestions about cost and budget limits
17. All life cycle costs
18. Rating for insurance purposes
19. Project management
20. Advice on contract disputes
21. Preparation of final account
22. Detailed BOQ detailed preparation

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Professional task

Pre-contract

1. Provide procurement and contract advice
2. Provide 'Quantity' fee for construction project
3. Fix, monitor and control costs during design development
4. Set up contract documentation

Working in a government or public sector

Quantity surveys in the public sector have been used since the early years of Postcolonialism when the colonial government at that time gave control to a sovereign new government. The main role of quantity surveyors in public administration is;

1. Manage construction projects on behalf of the government to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget
2. Provide expert advice on contract claims arising from construction projects
3. Assess the cost of restoring buildings damaged by fire, war, looting, natural disasters, etc. and negotiate a settlement
4. Act as independent arbitrator in resolving dispute

The tender review

1. Identify the cost risk in returning the tender
2. Setting up a tender report
3. Recommend preferred auctions
4. Estimates project mastery
5. Calculate the overall cost of the project

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Famous Quantity Surveyor

• Richard Steer - Chairman, Gleeds Worldwide
• Paul Morrell - a Surveyor.
• Edward Skoyles - researcher and author

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See also

• Chartered Surveyor
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Estimated Construction Software
• Cost engineering

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia