QS Typical Work Activities

1.     Preparing tender and contract documents, BOQ

2.     Costs analysis, Control

3.     Assist in establishing a client’s requirements and undertaking feasibility studies

4.     Prepare Analyze costing for tenders

5.     Allocating work to subcontractors

6.     Advice on contractual claims

7.     Progress reports, value completed work

8.     Aware of the different contracts in use

9.     Understand Health & Safety  Regulations

10.                        Risk and Value Management

11.                        Advise on procurement strategy;

12.                        Identify, analyse, develop responses to risks

• ·        A surveyor calculates all related costs so that companies will be well informed about how much each portion of their building will cost and the areas where they can minimize their costs
• ·        Quantity surveyors goal is to enhance the value of a building in relation to the amount of money spent building it
• ·        The surveyor looks at the construction process & determines Standards and Regulations to meet minimum statutory building regulations
• ·        Will also determine areas most important to maintaining the quality of the new building