Quantity surveyor

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts.

The services provided by the quantity surveyor include:

• Cost planning and commercial management during the entire life cycle of the project from inception to completion
• Value engineering
• Risk Management
• Procurement advice and assistance during the tendering procedures
• Commercial Management and Contract Administration
• Assistance in dispute resolution
• Asset Capitalisation
• Interim payment assessment
• Cost Management process
• Claim the extra cost of the design variation

Traditional quantity surveying services

1. Approximate estimates
2. Contracts negotiation
3. Preparing Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
4. Monitoring Budget
5. preparation of Payment Invoice and Certification.

Future services expected

1. Investment appraisal

2. Advice on cost limits and budgets

3. Whole life cycle costing

4. Value management

5. Risk analysis

6. Insolvency services.

7. Subcontract administration

8. Environmental services measurement and costing.

9. Technical auditing

10. Planning and supervision

11. Valuation for insurance purposes

12. Project management

13. Administering maintenance programmes

14. Advice on contractual disputes.

Professional Duties

Pre-Contract

1. Provide terms and conditions review

2. Measurement

3. Tenders

4. Tender Reports

External links

• Australia & Worldwide - Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)
• Canada - Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS)
• China - China Engineering Cost Association (CECA)
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS)
• India -The Institution of Surveyors (INDIA) (ISI)
• India-Institute of Quantity Surveyors (IQSS)
• Ireland - Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCS)
• Jamaica - The Jamaican Institute of Quantity Surveyors (JIQS)
• Kenya - Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK)
• Malaysia - Board Of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia (BQSM)
• Malaysia - Royal Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (RISM)
• New Zealand - New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS)
• Nigeria - The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors{NIQS}
• Pacific & Asia – Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS)
• Philippines - Philippine Institute of Certified Quantity Surveyors (PICQS)
• Singapore - Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV)
• South Africa - Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS)
• South Africa - South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP)
• Africa - Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS)
• Sri Lanka - Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka (IQSSL)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad and Tobago [ISTT]
• UK & Worldwide - The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• UK & Worldwide - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• UK & Worldwide - Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)
• Worldwide - International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC)
• What are cost engineering, quantity surveying, and project management? - an ICEC white paper
• Quantity Surveying Alumni Association of University of Moratuwa (QSAlumni) - Sri Lanka
• USA - American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE)
• Worldwide International Federation of Surveyors(FIG)
• Kenya Institute of quantity surveyors of kenya (IQSK)

References