• Do I need a Quantity Surveyor?
• What does a Quantity Surveyor actually do?
Traditional Quantity Surveying Functions
• Preparing feasibility studies and budgets for proposed projects
• Preparing Bills of Quantities and other tender documentation to acquire fair and equitable tenders for projects
• Negotiating building contracts
• Drafting contract documents
• Monitoring costs and reporting to Client during the design and construction of projects
• Determining fair and final project cost
• Preparing feasibility studies and budgets for proposed projects
• Preparing Bills of Quantities and other tender documentation to acquire fair and equitable tenders for projects
• Negotiating building contracts
• Drafting contract documents
• Monitoring costs and reporting to Client during the design and construction of projects
• Determining fair and final project cost
• What is the difference between a Quantity Surveyor and a Cost Engineer?
• What is a Bill of Quantities?
• Assist with the agreement of the contract sum with the successful tenderer.
• Provide a schedule of rates assisting with the valuation of variations.
• Provide a basis for the valuation of interim payments.
• Provide a basis for the preparation of the final account.
• Provide a schedule of rates assisting with the valuation of variations.
• Provide a basis for the valuation of interim payments.
• Provide a basis for the preparation of the final account.
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Quantity Surveyors are the financial consultants of the construction industry whose training and experience qualifies them to advise on cost and contractual arrangements and to prepare contract documents. They are independent experts who operate in a specialised area of the construction industry, liaising with Architects, Consulting Engineers and Contractors to safeguard the Client's interest.
The title Quantity Surveyor is reserved under the Quantity Surveyors' Act of 1970 for exclusive use by those who have obtained the necessary qualifications and experience prescribed under the Act in terms of which such persons must register with the South African Council for Quantity Surveyors before they may offer their services as Consultants to the public.
Quantity Surveyors are required to comply with a strict code of professional conduct which includes responsibility to their employers or Clients and to their profession having full regard to the public interest, conducting themselves so as to uphold the dignity and reputation of the profession and discharging their duties to their employers and Clients in an efficient and competent manner with complete fidelity and without undue delay.
Quantity Surveyors are the financial consultants of the construction industry whose training and experience qualifies them to advise on cost and contractual arrangements and to prepare contract documents. They are independent experts who operate in a specialised area of the construction industry, liaising with Architects, Consulting Engineers and Contractors to safeguard the Client's interest.
The title Quantity Surveyor is reserved under the Quantity Surveyors' Act of 1970 for exclusive use by those who have obtained the necessary qualifications and experience prescribed under the Act in terms of which such persons must register with the South African Council for Quantity Surveyors before they may offer their services as Consultants to the public.
Quantity Surveyors are required to comply with a strict code of professional conduct which includes responsibility to their employers or Clients and to their profession having full regard to the public interest, conducting themselves so as to uphold the dignity and reputation of the profession and discharging their duties to their employers and Clients in an efficient and competent manner with complete fidelity and without undue delay.
Quantity Surveying and Cost Engineering have similar and highly overlapping functions however Quantity Surveying relates more to building design and construction whilst Cost Engineering relates more to engineering projects and processes.
The Bill of Quantities (sometimes referred to as the 'BoQ') is a document prepared by the cost consultant (usually a Quantity Surveyor) that provides project specific measured quantities of the items of work identified by the drawings and specifications in the tender documentation. The quantities may be measured in number, length, area, volume, weight or time. Preparing a Bill of Quantities requires that the design is complete and a specification has been prepared.
The Bill of Quantities is issued to tenderers in order for them to prepare a price for carrying out the works. The Bill of Quantities assists tenderers in the calculation of construction costs for their tender and since all tendering contractors will be pricing the same quantities (rather than taking-off quantities from the drawings and specifications themselves), it also provides a fair and accurate system for tendering.
Contractors tender against the Bill of Quantities, stating their price for each item. This priced Bill of Quantities constitutes the tenderer's offer. As the offer is built up of prescribed items, it is possible to compare both the overall price and individual items directly with other tenderers' offers thus allowing a detailed assessment of which aspects of a tender may offer good value or poor value. This information can assist with tender negotiations.
The Bill of Quantities is issued to tenderers in order for them to prepare a price for carrying out the works. The Bill of Quantities assists tenderers in the calculation of construction costs for their tender and since all tendering contractors will be pricing the same quantities (rather than taking-off quantities from the drawings and specifications themselves), it also provides a fair and accurate system for tendering.
Contractors tender against the Bill of Quantities, stating their price for each item. This priced Bill of Quantities constitutes the tenderer's offer. As the offer is built up of prescribed items, it is possible to compare both the overall price and individual items directly with other tenderers' offers thus allowing a detailed assessment of which aspects of a tender may offer good value or poor value. This information can assist with tender negotiations.
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