Quantity Surveying


QS Solutions offer the following tradition quantity surveying services.

  • Preliminary estimates - determine building costs before construction,
  • Cost planning - ensure realistic budgets are set in a balanced manner,
  • Tender analysis - review tender prices and ability to complete the work,
  • Cost control - manage costs during construction,
  • Life cycle costing - know the real cost of your building over time.


Preliminary estimates

QS Solutions can provide an indication of the likely cost of a project at the earliest possible stag. The estimate can be prepared with minimal project information and assists in establishing if it is feasible to proceed with a project.


Cost planning

QS Solutions can assists in the financial success of a construction project by ensuring realistic and balanced budgets are in place for the project. A cost plan can be prepared from minimal documentation and updated during design development. It provides the opportunity to consider the cost benefits of various design alternatives.


Tender analysis

QS Solutions can prepare a detailed construction cost estimate based on the documents to be issued at tender. This final tender document and budget check reduces variations and form the bases for assessing tenders and progress payments.
During the pre-tender QS Solutions can advise on specific contract condition, DA conditions, contingency amounts, retention requirements, construction program, cash flow and general documentation.
Our tender comparison confirms quotations are within reasonable limits and assists in identifying items not priced or included as contingency sums within the tender. During this analysis we can review the builder’s qualifications and capacity to complete the work.


Cost control

Controlling construction costs and risks during the construction process is achieved by providing the following services:

  • Progress Payments:
    Clients and lending authorities require initial development costs, financial drawdown’s and progress payments to be independently assessed. QS Solutions are qualified to monitor and control construction expenditure and ensure expended funds do not exceed the value of work completed.

  • Variations:
    With a proven project structure and contract delivery system, QS Solutions can successfully manage variations with established skills and procedures to quickly finalise the cost and time aspects of any variation.

  • Cost Reports:
    This regularly prepared report is an essential component of risk management. It identifies the cost to complete and ensures cash flows meet original forecasts.






Life cycle costing

Life cycle costing evaluates the total cost of alternative building concepts and designs throughout their life cycle. All costs associated with each alternative from initial conception to final disposal are analysed to efficiently compare the real total cost of each alternative during the life of the building. Life cycle costing assists in assessing design alternatives and identifying risk and performance costs over the life of a building.