Quantity Surveyor

Updated: April 25, 2024 11:07 PM GMT

Kent Construction Consultants

Margate

QUANTITY SURVEYOR

QS responsible for managing the pre-construction and delivery stages of contracts and reporting costs of a construction project. His/her job description involves carrying out studies of project duration and labour costs, examining and analysing material costs, preparing RIBA staged cost planning, cost assessments and value engineering, tendering and procurement, contract preparation, coordinating supply deliveries, raising payment certifications, change control management, contract administration and providing clients, contractors and stakeholders advice and suggestions on legal and contractual issues.

The quantity surveyor utilises his/her skills, creativity, and professionalism to ensure that building projects remain within a given budget and programme duration. In performing their duties of managing the costs involved in building and civil engineering projects from initial calculations to final figures, the quantity surveyor must complete a wide range of crucial... More Detail