Quantity Surveyors

A Quantity surveyor is an individual who takes the responsibility of constructing a project by undertaking comprehensive measurements and estimatimating the overall cost required for construction. Quantity surveyors are capable of carrying out many other roles in construction projects like, considering required regulations, timeline, budgets, engineering plans, proposal responses, building construction standards, and many more. These are the basic roles played by a Quantity Surveyor of any construction project.

There are plenty of reasons that can justify the requirement of a Quantity Surveyor in a construction.

Following are the 5 basic reasons that will justify why a Quantity Surveyor is important: Accurate measurement and Cost estimation In a construction project, it is very important to have accurate measurements even before beginning the project. Quantity Surveyors are experts in undertaking accurate measurements for the construction project, which makes it easier to have an accurate cost estimation. Quantity surveyor directly helps the project manager to comply with the applicable standards and regulations in order to complete the project within the required timeline and budget without overspending.

Provides alternative solutions Quantity surveyors are very knowledgeable and experienced in their fields that gives an advantage of having multiple solutions to any one problem. They have various perspectives on overviewing and

identifying the issues that can be raised while completing the project and accordingly, they provide various solutions to mitigate those issues. This results in bringing out a high standard quality of project.

Project management Quantity surveyors are an extra pair of eyes, who are responsible to monitor the complete project step by step. In the construction industry, it is very important to complete the entire project within a defined deadline and so, monitoring of every task is very important. In order to maintain a continuous flow of all tasks, quantity surveyor gives instant solution to the issues that arises in the construction site, which reduces any loss of time and money. This cuts down the 90% chances of project failure. This is one of the major reason, quantity surveyors are important.

Contract management There are many possible difficulties that are faced while completing the project like, unforeseen issues, delays, environmental concerns, overruns, defective works, task variations, and many more. In order to mitigate such issues, it is very important to seek taxation, legal, and insurance advice for which a well drafted contract is very important. Quantity surveyors are very experienced and so, they are able to provide a wide range of scenarios and issues that can come across while completing the project and therefore, they are capable of drafting an appropriate contract considering all possible calamities. They are also capable of managing the contractual obligations and rights.

Final account preparation Quantity surveyors review the initial plans and designs to compare with the invoices and data submitted by the builders and finally, based on the differences found they settle all invoices. This increases the proportion of fair work. By negotiating with builders, quantity surveyors prepare detailed invoices and then, accordingly settle the payments. This is why quantity surveyor is important from beginning to the final completion of the project.