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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 surveyors have this title because they prepare a ‘schedule of quantities’ — estimates of the material and labour 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 surveyors’ 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.

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