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It happened to me!

Even as a Quantity Surveyor , the figures and bottom line can be helpful / confronting / depressing.To cut to the chase, I am talking about wanting to build a new home, refurbish your existing one or add on to it but the costs seem to high.It happened to me with my own home ...
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The Contract Line

I had recently come across a line in a building contract which read " you will only be charged for the hours that are used".I was stunned for a while after reading that. I must have read it wrong. No, I read it again and the self-evident statement was still there.It is a rel...
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Pitfalls of incomplete design 

Recently, a client approached me with a predicament. They had signed a contract with a group housing company to build a new house, but there was a significant issue – the design work had not been completed at the time of contract signing. As a result, much of the geotechni...
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