A quantity surveyor is a construction industry professional concerned with building cost. They prepare cost estimates and schedules for projects. Quantity surveyors work in sectors like commercial, residential, education, and healthcare. Their roles include keeping projects within budget, risk management, and analyzing total costs. They use tender documents like bills of quantities, drawings, and specifications during the bidding process.
A QUANTITY SURVEYORis
• A Professional working position within the
construction industry concerned with building cost
• A specialist tradesman who prepares standardised
schedules for a building project
3.
Types of QuantitySurveyor
Contractor’s Quantity Surveyor
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Quantity Surveyor
Project Quantity Surveyor
4.
Sector that QuantitySurveyor
included in:
Commercial
Residential
Education
HealthcareUltilitiesTransport
5.
Things Required toKnow by Quantity Surveyor
Basic civil
work
process
and
costing
Component
materials
Materials and
equipment
selection and
effect on cost
Building
operation
cost
6.
Role of QuantitySurveyor
Keeping project within
budget
Ensuring project
done within
estimated time
Preparation of
insurance and
contract
Risk management
7.
Software used byQuantity Surveyor
CostX
Q-Script
Benefits of using software:
Maximize the efficiency of performance of a
Quantity Surveyor
Reuse data within jobs
Offers client faster fuller
service
Reduce error and
improve quality of work
Save time, effort and
money
8.
Stages of workof a Quantity Surveyor
• Help with feasibility studies for the project
• Studies architect’s and engineer’s plan
• Estimated cost planning
• Prepare tender documents
Before Construction Starts:
9.
During Construction:
• Keepingcost on track
• Provide the bank with a project report
• Prepare a drawdown certificate for client
• Resolving disputes between clients,
designers and building contractors
A submission madeby a prospective supplier in response to an
invitation to tender.
A formal written offer to provide goods or services for a particular
price.
Types of documents used during tendering:
• Tender Offer
• Tender Acceptance Letter / Tender Decline Letter
• Tender Notice
• Tender Drawing
• Specification (workmanship and material)
12.
Example of tender
documentsused:
Tender Offer Letter
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Example of Billof
Quantities:
A document used in
tendering in the
construction industry in
which materials, parts,
and labour including the
cost are itemized.
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16.
Drawing used forestimating or pricing the cost of building to be
constructed.
Tender Drawing Document includes:
• Plan
• Elevation
• Structure
• Electrical
• Plumbing
17.
Example of Planused by Quantity Surveyor for
tendering
Source:
http://www.pk.undp.org/content/pakistan/en/home/operations/procurement0/p
u-it-2015-046--request-for-invitation-to-bid--for-procurement-
o/_jcr_content/centerparsys/download/file.res/UNODC%20Additional%20Buildin
g.pdf
18.
Example of elevationof building and detail of
structure
Source:
http://www.pk.undp.org/content/pakistan/en/home/operations/procurement
0/pu-it-2015-046--request-for-invitation-to-bid--for-procurement-
o/_jcr_content/centerparsys/download/file.res/UNODC%20Additional%20Buil
ding.pdf
19.
Example of planof electrical and plumbing
Source:
http://www.pk.undp.org/co
ntent/pakistan/en/home/o
perations/procurement0/p
u-it-2015-046--request-for-
invitation-to-bid--for-
procurement-
o/_jcr_content/centerparsys
/download/file.res/UNODC
%20Additional%20Building.
pdf
20.
Example of detailsof doors and windows
Source:
http://www.pk.undp.org/content/pakistan/en/home/operations/proc
urement0/pu-it-2015-046--request-for-invitation-to-bid--for-
procurement-
o/_jcr_content/centerparsys/download/file.res/UNODC%20Additiona
l%20Building.pdf
21.
Example of structureof roof
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bid--for-procurement-o/_jcr_content/centerparsys/download/file.res/UNODC%20Additional%20Building.pdf
22.
Example of EarthingRod Detail
Source:
http://www.pk.undp.org/content/pakistan/en/home/operations/procurement0/p
u-it-2015-046--request-for-invitation-to-bid--for-procurement-
o/_jcr_content/centerparsys/download/file.res/UNODC%20Additional%20Buildin
g.pdf