Quantity Surveying Books

Quantity surveying are job that responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects. Quantity surveyors manage the costs on a construction project. They help to ensure that the construction project is completed within its projected budget.

Quantity surveying Also known as cost consultants, quantity surveyors ensure building projects remain within budget. They provide cost and material estimates, draw up projected budgets, and work alongside a team, noting any design changes and their effect on cost. Quantity surveyors often liaise with builders, architects, engineers, and other contractors.

The quantity surveyor is the person responsible for figuring out just what a construction project is going to cost. They have other roles too, especially making sure that construction costs and production are managed as efficiently as possible.

Quantity surveying have this title because they prepare a ‘schedule of quantities’ — estimates of the material and labor costs — that contractors’ tenders can be measured against. (However, contractors are not selected for cost alone.) The schedule is also called a cost estimate.

Other names for people employed with quantity surveying qualifications include estimator, cost engineer, cost manager, cost analyst, project coordinator, project cost controller and cost planner.

Quantity surveying’ main roles are:

managing the finances for any kind of construction project, whether it’s a house, a high-rise, a bridge, or a tunnel

- working to keep the project on time

- working to keep the project within the budget

- making sure that construction costs and production are managed as efficiently as possible

- resolving disputes between contracting parties.

- preparing insurance replacement estimates for all kinds of buildings, including houses.