Kue-S-Services Pty Ltd
WHAT IS A QUANTITY SURVEYOR?
A Quantity Surveyor (commonly abbreviated to QS) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge on construction costs and contracts.
A QS calculates the amount of materials needed for building work, and how much they will cost.
A QS provides advice in the decision-making process throughout the project's management from initial inception to completion.
A QS handles Estimating and Cost control, the Tendering process, and the Commercial Interface after contract award.
QS are responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects.
Kue-S-Services Pty Ltd handles the following works:
- Estimate and measurement of construction works before tender to produce Bills of Quantities (BOQ)
- Producing Tender Documentation and manage the tender process
- Clarify and Evaluate Tenders
- Manage the resultant contract through periodic valuations
- Variation control
- Contract Administration and Assessment of Claims
- Predicts potential risks in the project and taking precautions to mitigate such
- Tracks changes and revisions of the project and adjust the forecasted budget accordingly
- Cost planning and control the estimated construction costs by accurate measurement of the work required on a regular basis.
- Application of expert knowledge of costs and prices of work, labour, materials and plant required, an understanding of the implications of design decisions at an early stage to ensure that good value is obtained for the money to be expended.
- Cover a range of activities that include cost planning, value engineering, feasibility studies, tendering, valuation, change control, dispute resolution, claims management, project management, cost estimation, and value for money assessments