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Engaging a Q.S. as a Design partner

Traditionally, Quantity Surveyors and Estimator are not considered part of the design process as are other professional services like Architects and Engineers.My view from over 30 years experience as an Estimator is that a relatively small amount of money spent in looking at...
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Renovation cost blowouts are unnecessary 

There is probably not a week that goes by when I am not talking to someone about a renovation job that exceeded the expected budget, sometimes catastrophically and significantly.I have real-life examples where the cost has doubled or the full cost has been reached and the jo...
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Schedule of Quantities and Tender.

Recently, i was reading an article on the advantages of using a Schedule of Quantities for tendering by another Quantity Surveyor and i can across a phrase that caught my attention. It said “providing a schedule of quantities to Tenderers will generate more interest”…M...
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What got me thinking…

I was visiting the site of a new residential house build the other day and talking to the Builder he opined that “with people currently struggling to afford the amount they have to borrow to build nowadays, then they have the extra expense of a Quantity Surveyor on top of ...
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