Hi Nairalanders,

Let's expound more on services provided by Quantity Surveyors, using in some cases real life experiences.[b][/b]

***Cost Planning and Design/Cost Control***
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[b]INTRO

Have you ever commissioned an architect to prepare a design/drawing for you and after the drawing was ready and you requested for the cost to complete the proposed structure, the estimated cost was way beyond your budget?? I have seen this happen time and time again with many a client with the attendant frustrations. Why has this become a recurring decimal?? How can clients avoid this waste of time and resources?

THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR TO THE RESCUE....YES WE CAN DO THIS!!

The Quantity Surveyor utilizes data obtained from budget estimates and gives advice to the architect during the design stage, such that the projected cost of the architect's final design would be within the client’s proposed budget. This service is necessary because it is common for architects to make so many inputs into a design such that the cost of the project if it is to be built, would far exceed the client's budget.
Since we know that every client has a budget, it is essential to advise the architect on the client's behalf on the magnitude of the design of various constituents of the project and cost-saving alternatives that can be designed, such that the cost of the final design would be within the client's budget.

Thus, we can save the client a waste of time and effort by effectively engaging with the client's architect during the design stage to ensure that the architect produces a cost-effective design that would fit the client's budget.


STAY TUNED TO THIS THREAD FOR MORE ON HOW QUANTITY SURVEYORS ADD VALUE TO CLIENTS....[b][/b]

***Advice on choice of procurement system/method***

INTRO

Are you presently at the juncture of commencing your project but you are at a loss whether to use direct labour or a contractor or the architect who did the design for the project execution?? Some clients who are novices in construction have asked me about this...the pros and the cons of each method, etc. How does the discerning client know which option is best?

THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR TO THE RESCUE....YES WE CAN DO THIS!!

Procurement system is the procedure or processes which a client decides to deploy or use in carrying out the construction of the project. The professional Quantity Surveyor gives the client professional advice on which procurement system best suits the proposed project vis-à-vis the peculiarities of the project which could include client's budget, scope of the project, time frame of the project, etc.
Examples of procurement systems are:
- Traditional (client engaging a contractor to build what other consultants have designed with or without the consultants' supervision)
- Design and build (client engaging the architect who designed to also handle the construction)
- Direct labour (client directly engaging various artisans/workmen to handle various trades in the project with no/limited professional supervision
- Labour-only contract (client engages a contractor to provide, organise and supervise all artisans/workmen required for various aspects of the project)
- Turnkey (client engages a contractor to design, build, furnish, commission and hand-over the project on completion)

The peculiarities of the project, as mentioned above, go a long way in determining which procurement system best suits a particular project and we as Quantity Surveyors, based on experience and training, are best positioned to advise the client on the best option to take that would be most cost-effective.

Please any Quantity Surveyor that needs a full time job should send CV , yemi.adesanya@yahoo.com. He/she must have civil/construction knowledge. Thanks

Good day, Kindly assist me with this request. I have a colleague as a quantity surveyor.

I need your advice on how a QS playing a consultant role between project owner and contractors should calculate his consultancy fee and negotiation tactics based on best practices. Should he bill by percentage in relation to the total cost of project? I know time-based billing does not work in Nigeria.

Looking forward to your response.

Many thanks.

There is an approved scale of fees for consultant in the build environment. But most clients hardly pay that amount, it just serves as a basis for negotiating your fees. If professionally you should be paid X, your client might decide to pay X-Y=Z amount t. It's usually a percentage of the total building cost also

Delval:
Good day, Kindly assist me with this request. I have a colleague as a quantity surveyor.

I need your advice on how a QS playing a consultant role between project owner and contractors should calculate his consultancy fee and negotiation tactics based on best practices. Should he bill by percentage in relation to the total cost of project? I know time-based billing does not work in Nigeria.

Looking forward to your response.

Many thanks.

Mr Olumide, thanks for the good work here.

I am a graduate Qs and I'm also a student now. I want to request for your help. I know getting job now is not easy but if I could start as an IT, at least to gain experience in corporate construction, I would appreciate.

olumide4christ:
***Preparation of Bills of Quantities & Material Schedules***(CONT'D)

The QUANTITY SURVEYOR also prepares Material Schedules which is a document which comprises quantities of constituent materials and their current market prices, required to be purchased for use in the construction of a project. It is commonly used where the client purposes to use direct labour and/or labour-only form of procurement for the construction of his/her project and so therefore, plans to source for materials personally. Sometimes, on special demand by the client, in addition, a labour-only schedule can also be prepared and incorporated. The labour only schedule lists the items of work in a project that have a labour content and applies a current labour charge to each of them, so as to inform the client on the probable costs he will incur in engaging labour to carry out the individual items of work in the prroject. It should however, be noted that the material prices and labour charges/rates listed in these schedules differ from one location to another.

Contractors also engage QUANTITY SURVEYORS to prepare material schedules and labour-only schedules for them after they have been engaged by a client for a project in order to determine their capital and cost outlay, assist them in project planning which would involve determining quantity of materials and labour (skilled and unskilled),etc.

It should be noted that any project which commences without a bill of quantities and/or material schedule is bound to have issues at one time or the other since there is no basis for which the resources of the project can be managed. The client would just be putting money into the project without knowing how much still needs to be done until the time when funds would run out. Its just like walking through the Sahara desert without a map or a compass. That's the reason why abandoned projects abound all around the place.

Hi,

What emails or whatsapp phone number can i use to reach you.

Regards

ooyebola:
Hi,

What emails or whatsapp phone number can i use to reach you.

Regards

So sorry...my contacts are in my signature below
qpc_projects@yahoo.com ; projects.qpc@gmail.com


Thanks and regards.

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Hello Nairalanders,

I'm happy to say that I am back to Nairaland properties section after a long while off, with a BIG BANG!

Expect more threads by which we will showcase new services we have to offer you and offer more knowledge to you on the world of construction and consultancy. As has been my usual practice, feel free to ask me your questions on anything and everything about construction and properties.

On this thread, I will be focusing more on Construction Cost Management (Quantity Surveying in technical terms) and everything that has to do with Project Development costs. Questions, comments and criticisms are always welcome.

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Good evening Mr Olumide, how can I contact you?