Quantity Surveying

Sterling Project Management Quantity Surveying Team

The main job of the our Quantity Surveying team is construction cost control and therefore ultimately to save the developer money.

Sterling Project Managements Quantity Surveying team estimates and monitors construction costs, from the feasibility stage of a project through to the completion of the construction period and beyond if required.

At the feasibility stage our quantity surveyors use their knowledge of construction methods and costs to advise the developer on the most economical way of achieving project requirements.

Our quantity surveyors can use techniques referred to as Cost Planning, Estimating, Cost Analysis, Cost-in-use Studies and Value Management to establish and control a project budget.

Our quantity surveying team provides a Bill of Quantities (BOQ’s) that are measured from design drawings and are essential for tendering or negotiating building costs, for progress payments, for variations and changes to the contract and ultimately for statistics, taxation and valuation.

During the design phase, our quantity surveyors ensure that the design remains on budget through Cost Management. Once tenders are submitted by contractors, our quantity surveyors are involved in assessing tenders and may also be asked to advise on the type of contract or special clauses in it. During construction our quantity surveyors are called on to fairly value "Progress Payments" at regular intervals.

They will also value changes to design or quantities which may arise by reference to appropriate Bill of Quantities rates. The contractor’s quantity surveyor/contract administrator will have prepared claims for progress payments and additional work.

When construction is complete our quantity surveyors can produce depreciation schedules of the various project components and advise on realistic insurance replacement costs.