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ROLES OF QUANTITY SURVEYOR -Manages all cost relating to building and civil engineering projects, from initial calculations

to final figures -May work for either client or contractor, working on site or office. They are involved in a project from start, preparing estimates and cost of works -Keeps track of any variations of the contract that may affect costs and create reports -Must be thorough, competent and good at making estimates of cost and project cost control Work Activities -preparing tender and contract documents (BQ) -undertaking costs analysis for repair and maintenance project work -allocating work of subcontractors -providing advice on contractual payments -performing risk and value management and cost control -understanding the implication of health and safety regulations -analyzing outcomes and writing detailed progress reports -supervising staff -provide a report to the project manager and provide advice in decision making processes throughout the project from start to finish Bill of Quantity(BQ) -translate drawing, schedule and specification by Architect and Engineers into a document fully describing and accurately representing the quantity and quality of work -a form of documents which sets out the quantities and descriptions if the items of labour, materials and plant requires to erect and complete a building or other work in a systematic manner Why produce BQ? -enables all contractors tendering for a contract to price exactly on the same information -produce basics for valuation of variations or changes to the work -use by contractor to assist in ordering of buildings materials and for the assessing his labour experiences

Process throughout a project. The Quantity Surveyor is the person responsible for figuring out just how much a building is going to cost and in some cases for making sure that construction costs and production are managed as efficiently as possible. Once a project is underway, the QS will keep an eye on costs, recommend a schedule of payments to contractors based on work completed and they would price any cost changes or variations that come about from deviations from the original agreed designs. Once a project is finished, the QS will prepare a final account, which is a detailed summary of the costs of a project, and issue a final statement of any outstanding payments to contractors. A Quantity Surveyor can identify and collate the costs involved in order to develop an overall budget for any project. They can then undertake cost planning which aims to help all members of the design team arrive at practical solutions and stay within the project budget. It is the final detailed estimate prepared by the Quantity Surveyors, in consultation with a project architect, which forms a basis on which subsequent tenders can be evaluated. Schedules of quantities translate the drawing, plans and specifications produced by the design team to enable each contractor to calculate tender prices fairly, on exactly the same basis as the competitors. Once tenders have been accepted, the Quantity Surveyor can provide cash flow data to enable a client to programme his resources adequately to meet contract commitments. In other words, the Quantity Surveyor decides how much of a job should be paid for at any one time. In most construction contracts, the contractor is paid monthly and the Quantity Surveyor can value the work carried out each month submitting a recommendation for certified payment. The Quantity Surveyor can also be called on to assess cost effects when changes occur and agree on variation with contractors. Following completion of a contract, the Quantity Surveyor prepares a statement of final account, summarizing the cost charges that have occurred and arriving at a final contract sum.

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