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Published in Richard Reed, Property Development, 2021
The quantity surveyor is responsible for preparing estimates of building cost, preparing the Bill of Quantities (i.e. a measured specification of materials and work to enable the contractor to submit a price) and, during construction, for preparing valuations of work (usually monthly) upon which the architect issues the ‘interim’ and ‘final’ certificates. The quantity surveyor should be appointed as early as possible within the development process to advise on cost management and the merits of alternative forms of construction (e.g. steel frame or concrete frame). They should also provide estimated cash-flows of the building contract expenditure. The quantity surveyor reports on the cost of construction and measures actual payments against the estimated cash-flow. Their role is to explain why the actual cash-flow differs from the original estimate and prepare revised estimates for the remainder of the project. The quantity surveyor is also responsible for estimating the cost of any possible variations in design so the development team can decide whether or not they should be undertaken.
Introduction
Published in Steve Pittard, Peter Sell, BIM and Quantity Surveying, 2017
Whereas the RICS definition – taken from the 2014 pathway guide: Quantity surveyors are the cost managers of construction. They are initially involved with the capital expenditure phase of a building or facility, which is the feasibility, design and construction phases, but they can also be involved with the extension, refurbishment, maintenance and demolition of a facility. They must understand all aspects of construction over the whole life of a building or facility.As a quantity surveyor you may be working as a consultant in private practice, for a developer or in the development arm of a major organisation (eg. retailer, manufacturer, utility company or airport), for a public sector body or for a loss adjuster. On the contracting side you could be working for a major national or international contractor, a local or regional general contractor, for a specialist contractor or sub-contractor, or for a management style contractor.
Money
Published in David Chappell, Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts, 2017
There are some other clauses which authorise variations in specific circumstances (SBC clause 2.14.3, IC/ICD clause 2.13.1, etc.), but the principal clauses are the ones noted above. SBC, IC and ICD provisions are similar and will be considered first. Variations are defined in these contracts, in clause 5.1 in each case, as the alteration or modification of the design or the quality or quantity of the Works from that shown in the contract documents. They include: additions, omissions and substitutions; alterations of kinds or standards of materials; or the removal from site of materials delivered for the Works, unless the removal is because the materials are defective. That is all very clear and gives the architect wide powers.
Knowledge, skills and functionalities requirements for quantity surveyors in building information modelling (BIM) work environment: an international Delphi study
Published in Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2020
Abdullahi Babatunde Saka, Daniel W.M. Chan
Domain-specific functionalities of BIM are either inherent in BIM or attached to the BIM as independent expert applications (Volk, Stengel, & Schultmann, 2014). It involves using the BIM data to perform various tasks such as auto-quantity take off, structural analysis, clash detection, space management, etc. The functionalities identified for quantity surveyors are auto-quantity generation, schedule of quantities, cost checking and planning, estimation, contract documentation, whole life cycle costing and bill of quantities preparation. These are some of the applications that quantity surveyors should be able to perform using the BIM data/information more efficiently as compared to the traditional approach.