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What (who) is quantity surveyor - definition

PROFESSION IN THE BUILDING TRADE

Quantity Surveying; Quantity surveying; Quantity measurement

quantity surveyor

¦ noun Brit. a person who calculates the amount and cost of materials needed for building work.

Quantity surveyor

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge on construction costs and contracts. Qualified professional quantity surveyors are known as Chartered Surveyors (Members and Fellows of RICS) in the UK and Certified Quantity Surveyors (a designation of AIQS) in Australia and other countries.

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quantity surveyor

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A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road. (BRIT)

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Quantity surveyor

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge on construction costs and contracts. Qualified professional quantity surveyors are known as Chartered Surveyors (Members and Fellows of RICS) in the UK and Certified Quantity Surveyors (a designation of AIQS) in Australia and other countries. In some countries such as Canada, South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius, qualified quantity surveyors are known as Professional Quantity Surveyors, a title protected by law.

Quantity surveyors are responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects. They help to ensure that the construction project is completed within its projected budget. Quantity surveyors are also hired by contractors to help with the valuation of construction work for the contractor, help with bidding and project budgeting, and the submission of bills to the client.

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Examples of use of quantity surveyor

1. His first job, as a quantity surveyor, ended when he was caught kissing the bosss daughter.

2. Miah and Kian Flanagan live with their father Darren, a quantity surveyor, and mother Lisa, a nail technician, in Wigan.

3. A similar view was taken by Chris Redley, 58, an English quantity surveyor who has one son and one daughter.

4. Trainee quantity surveyor Simon Hodgson, 20, spoke for a dozen of his pals when he said: "The trouble around here is that we are simply too cut off.

5. Paul Bourner, a 32–year–old English quantity surveyor who like Jones attended university in the capital and now lives in Dubai, was "horrified" when he learnt of the carnage.