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sgtponzihater1:
No body has given me a quote for fencing a 1800 SQM round?

We're still waiting for our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting.
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

Simple and functional design.

Let's handle the costing for you.

Mueeze:
Good Morning House,

Kindly help critic this floor plans. It is a 4 bedroom duplex with the following

Ground Floor

Ante-Room
Visitors Toilet
Main Living Room
Dining Area
Guest Bedroom Ensuite
Kitchen with Pantry/Store
Laundry
Home Office/Study

First Floor
Living Room
Box Room
Masters Bedroom with Walk-in Closet
2nos Bedroom

I'm glad that this tread is gradually taking its original course.

It's hard to comment when there's no serenity.

I'm still here to serve as a Quantity Surveyor for your projects.

Research shows that engaging a Quantity Surveyor reduces the overall cost of construction by 25%.
Most of my clients here can attest to this finding.

Get a Quantity Surveyor today and you will be glad you did.

We're still waiting for our next clients....

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting.
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

Is that the cost of rendering the parapet alone or does the cost covers the whole duplex?

saintgwizard:
Hello house.

Please I need your advice on cost of plastering. I needed to dress the parapet of 4 bedroom duplex ahead of the roofing. I was handed a workmanship of 313,000 Naira.

When I probed further, I was told a partition is 7,000 Naira for "frame plastering". A total of 37 partition measured and it will take 9 days of work and two helpers for 4 masons.

The amount sounds outrageous to me.

Bosses in the house, kindly advice.

CC Oga Spyder880

I'll like to see the financial report. It will help a lot in forecasting cost of future developments.

davodyguy:
Will have to transfer mine to Excel.

I have an exercise book I do these recordings, from ₦1m paid for cement to ₦2000 given to Aboki and even ₦500 given as gift, provided it's tied to the project

I'm relieved to hear this experienced view.

EgunMogaji2:
It will

It occasionally gets stormy here at times but the ship rights itself.

In fact Hajj have changed the title a few times over the years in protest.

I hope this thread get restored to its normal course.

Well done.

salisuammy:
Please patronize us. To avoid any confusion/fraud, You can even buy the materials yourself while we fabricate and install for you. You will pay for workmanship.
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God bless you

Happy new month friends.

I'm still offering quantity surveying services bordering on;

1) Preparation of projected estimated cost of construction which can be achieved either through bill of quantity or schedule of materials and labour.

2) Assisting in tendering procedures. Most construction contracts are won through competitive tendering. Contractors need to submit winning bid to win a contractor. I can help you achieve that.

3) Valuation of ongoing construction works on site. As a client, contractor or businessman, you might want to know the monetary amount of ongoing construction projects, I can help you achieve that.

4) Advise on choice of procurement method.

5) Project management.

If you don't mind unsolicited advice, you can use any of the following measurements irrespective of the shape of the land;

1) Length 25 metres x breadth 18 metres.
2) Length 21.21 metres x breadth 21.21 metres.
3) Length 30 metres x breadth 15 metres.
4) Etc

Key: Any two dimensions you want to use, just make sure their product (multiplication) equals 450 square metres.

folmus:
@N3XT, how do I get the measurements to calculate the number of blocks for fencing of a land measuring 450sqm on Kobocity?

Hiring a QS for your project is one of the smartest decisions that will save you lots of money as a client, project sponsor or building owner.

As regards different QS arriving at a significantly different project costs, some reasons can be attributed to that;

1) Inadequate drawings. Some projects especially that involve 2 or more floors might have only architectural drawings without even having structural drawings. M&E drawings are non existent in most cases. In this scenario, that means the Quantity Surveyors will have to make "reasonable assumptions" of the structural elements in the building based on experience and competence.

2) Difference in specifications. Lots of important specifications are always missing on even drawings. In an ideal setting, a QS is supposed to send a "query" to either the design Architect or Engineer as the case may be to get a clarification on such items. In a situation where the QS has no express access to the designers - Architect or Engineer, the QS has to make "reasonable assumptions". Making reasonable assumptions is a very important part of QS training.

3) Competence of the QS of course.

4) Estimating information and pricing details used by the QS. This include market price of materials, labour rate, preliminaries pricing, overheads pricing etc.

5) Arithmetic errors in the bill of quantities. Quantity Surveyors are humans and as such do make arithmetic errors in the bill of quantities. That's why during tendering such as open or competitive tendering for a project where a number of contractors bid for such, one of the things the consultant QS will do after opening of bids is to check for arithmetic errors in the submitted bids and make corrections.
That's why whenever I receive quotations either from contractors, subcontractors or suppliers, the first I do is to check for arithmetic errors.

6) Method of procurement of the proposed building. There are many methods of procurement of projects with their pros and cons and that consequently have a considerable effect on the overall construction cost.

7) Nature of the project and the expected technical expertise required. You don't expect a project that require the expertise of Cappa D Alberto or Julius Berger to have the same contract sum for one that will be done by Femi and Son Construction Company even for the same type of project.

Other factors such as site accessibility, site conditions, etc can also affect a QS bill of quantities.


Let me just stop here.

There are still tons of other factors.

PrimeQuay:
Happy Sunday,

I totally agree with this point of view i.e engaging a QS who is independent of the project.

However in my limited experience, bill of material and labor does vary from QS to QS. how does one eliminate inconsistencies.

Ive also noticed that engineers might markup labor costs (especially) in order to increase the total, resulting to a higher figure if they are working on %.

There's no place in my writing I insinuated that the person isn't reputable.

A reputable contractor will have a registered firm with CAC, a physical office, verifiable tax remittances, experienced and qualified staff in their different professional calling, evidence of remittances of VAT among other many pre-qualification requirements.

What we normally get on most projects posted here is having a project supervisor which could be an engineer, architect, builder, QS or what have you, that is hired by the client informally (informal because no contract was signed between the client and the project supervisor) to supervise the building. This doesn't mean that the project supervisor isn't competent. Get my point please.

bixton:
Are you insinuating that the person may likely not be reputable so he is not entitled to a standard contract probably he does not own a registered company?

Is it owning a company that makes one reputable or it's the reverse?

We're still waiting for our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting.
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

We're still waiting for our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting.
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

Happy Sunday.

I admire your proactive thinking.
If the building has complete architectural drawings, then the roof design would have been included. In order to assess the cost you can post the first floor plan, roof plan, sections and elevations to check if the original roof design can be achievable with your budget of 1.8million.

If the original roof design is not achievable with your budget, then it can be redesigned perhaps a lower Kingpost can be recommended among other options, to suit your budget.

Let's start by having your building plans first.

opy2com:
Good Evening All,

Please I Need Your Help! I Am About Roofing A 5 Bed Rooms And 2 Living Rooms Apartment And I Have Been Asked To Get The Skeletal Wood Work Done Before Knowing The Actual Cost Of The Roofing Sheet.

Now, I'd Love To Make Use Of A Stone Coated Roofing Sheet But I Am Afraid I Might Not Be Able To Afford It With The Way People Around Are Talking About The Cost. My Budget Is 1.8m For The Sheet And Accessories.

Can Anyone Please Give Me A Rough Estimate? I Need To Know The Possibility Before I Venture Into Erecting The Woodwork.

Thank You

Happy Sunday.

As regards the situation, I have said it times without number that it's advisable for clients, project sponsor or home owners to hire independent professional to assess the construction cost of their projects especially in a relatively high end construction.

To have a contractor to submit his quotation for a project to a client, to be assessed, who has no knowledge of construction processes will not be fair to the clients at all. Even if the clients insist on buying all the materials as quoted and subsequently monitor the usage of such, there's still no way for the client to know the fair cost of required labour for such project. Hence, the client is still very likely to lose a good amount of money to labour cost.

That's why professional Quantity Surveyors are trained to be an independent cost assessor of construction enterprises which ranges from building to roads, bridges to railway, and what have you.

In your case, the best bet is to let us have the drawings and advise on the cost consequently.

As regards 5% supervisory fee, it's subject to review. However, in a standard contract with reputable and registered construction firms, 15 to 35% or even higher (case in point: Julius Berger) is normally charged to the actual cost of construction for overheads and profit.

segzyfunmi:
Good evening to everyone.


Pls I need a quick professional response on my matter.

My uncle wants to start his project in Abeokuta on Monday. His site has been cleared and foundation is to commence on Monday. He just funded his daughter's wedding last Saturday so he's not too boxed up, but he still insist on starting with one loose fund of #2.5million.

The problem is the engineer in charge is insisting on 3Million as indicated on the BOQ prepared by him, then an additional 5% of 3Million as the engineer's fee. Labour alone is 550k excluding engineer's fee.

It's a plot of land with very hard/dry soil in Abeokuta. The plan is strip foundation of 3bedroom up and 3bedroom down. That's just a storey building.

Professionals in the house pls help analyze if this high cost is worth it.

Good evening.

You're in the right place where your questions and concerns can easily be answered and addressed.

First of all, you need designs or drawings which will include an architectural and structural drawings to convert your briefs (intentions) into actionable plans.

As regards the issue of cost of construction, I'll advise you to hire a Quantity Surveyor to provide a detailed cost estimate of the drawings in order to have a scientific and reliable budget for the proposed building. This is a very important task as this will save you from unnecessary costs and excesses.

Good luck.

Johnyjustcome:
Hi everyone,
I feel like I am blessed to found this thread.
I am planning 4 flats of 3 bedrooms for each property (2 flats up & 2 flats down.) Pls, I need your advice. How much do you think this will cost? from foundation to the lintel, Decking, and top building with a roof. This is located in Ibadan

Please help, I just wanna know what I am about to put myself into.
Thanks, folks.

We're still waiting or our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

Good evening to noble members of this platform.

I'm still your favourite Quantity Surveyor.

I couldn't find my post either.


I'll look for the place I did the calculations and post it here as soon as I get it.


quote author=Beframia post=97858437]
I can't trace your response sir.[/quote]

@Surveyorgeo. Any help?

Enyinne:
Please i need input on this issue . I hv 2plots of land at Orike Eleko bought 5yrs ago. I was given receipt and deed of assignment by the sellers.
Now the surrounding area of the land is being marketed and acquired by Estate owners who are advertising with Governors consent as title .

I called the company that sold to me and i was told i need to process"Deed of Rectification "with Lagos state Government.

My question is , hows the process like ? What document should be expected to get ? What's required of me to tender at Lagos State office .
Kindly explain more to me for better understanding .
Thanks

I've already attended to it. Check your mentions.

Beframia:
Hello everyone,
Someone should assist with this roof carcass estimation for a 4 bedroom flat for the attached footprint using aluminum steptiles:
best wood type, sizes and quantities.
Proposed kingpost height is 4m (13ft) and parapet (concrete eaves) length is 1ft.
Thanks.

Do you have the drawings?

bayo2018:
Please help look into this Bosses
Seems this person wan rip my little capital

What's the area of the building?

godquality:
I received the below estimate to roof my building and would like to get the opinion of the experts in the house.

Aluminium roofing sheet 550mtr
Flat sheet 68 MTR
Accessories for #30k

My questions are;
What's the average price of the 0.42 and 0.55mm roofing sheets?
And is 68mtr length of flat sheet price the same as that of the roofing sheets?
Lastly what do you think about the accessories price of 30k given to me fair or not?

Am still waiting for the carpenter to provide me the estimate for the materials needed for the wooden part so might be updating this later with more questions.

We're still waiting for our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting.
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

We're still waiting for our next clients.

Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction)
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects)
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction)
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor)
Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting.
Etc

Contact us today.
Mobile no: 09012800750

You're a man of knowledge and I cherish you for that.

On Quantity Surveyors' BOQ as per reinforcements, the quality or grade is ALWAYS spelled out in the description column and that automatically determines the rate per tonnage.

Most Quantity Surveyors' description notes comes from the "General Notes" in the structural drawings for structural items in the project in addition to the BESMM.

That's where the issue of 'Prime Cost' is applied in Bill of Quantity.

When the choice of a particular material is in question among the substitutes, a smart QS will not only specify the brand or quality but the actual market cost in the description column technically called the Prime Cost.

Amastermovic:
Good morning all,

On the issue of reinforcements using local bar , TMT et all., and the cost implications ,strength..

The designer of any structures choose the grade of steel he/she intends to design with, this grade will be clearly written at the 2nd page (general notes) or on each page footer of the S.Drawing, the implications of this grade choose for your project will determine robustness , number of required required reinforcements in each structural member
Lay example below.

If I use 410n/mm2 say column of (230x230mm) for a duplex it may requires 6 nos of T16mm and use grade 460 for same column it will require 4 no of T16mm (assumption), the implications of this is that if baba lati supervise for u he will do the following

1)Tell you he built same thing at honourable place @ lekki they use 4 No's of 16mm and the structure is still standing till today.
2)This Engr is not considerate
3) charge you for same 6nos and put 4 No's inside, And cast

forgetting or lack d knowledge of variables and notes in the Drawing.

To the main discussion we have various kind of steel in the market , which most are very bad and good only known brand can easily be passed , most of all this local steel of unknown origin are having same properties as plain bar(unthreaded bar (that iron we use for burglary then)) ..

How do you recognise all this in d open market?

Its difficult for small project since u will b procuring ur steel in batches and from cheapest source available ,u will likely not run a tensile strength.

Large projects and mindful owner (contractor) make use of standard and mostly consultant is always on site contractor will b mindful else he will waste money when ask to break concrete and re do and he looses credibility gradually because during next meeting on a job and such contractor name is mention we strike such out without d company knowing self.

Summary
Buy iron brand that's traceable with clear identification on it

Never reduce or propose what's not in ur drawing without ur designer consent

Quantity surveyor should always quote reinforcements using quality brands price because contractor will not buy TMT when u quote local to make thing's cheaper

TMT is good , local is likewise good if you are running a test or buying good one

I frown at the bolded. Quantity Surveyors do not "help" engineer because they weren't trained for them. Rather, the practice of Quantity Surveying is established by CAP NO 31 in 1986 by the act of the National Assembly.

Quantity Surveying practice is an independent field of practice in any country it's practised.

Quantity Surveyors are on the side of the project. Of course, engineers can patronise the services offered.

michlins:
Good day everyone. I want to clear something up. Every businessman have his or her own principle and terms of working. If you ask for my opinion on the cost of doing a job and the materials you think will be enough, I can help you with that but asking me to review a quotation of another welder is something I will NEVER do. I don't know what he intends to do and how he intends to achieve it.

Some quotation maybe over bloated not because the welder or artisan intends to rip off the client but because costing the materials it will take to complete a job is something many can't do. That's why [b]quantity surveyors help engineers. [/b]Y'all will agree with me that most artisans are barely literate to communicate in english and we're talking about mathematics here. Sometimes it's innocent mistake and other times greed. Either way, it's not my duty to point out which for anyone.

You have to factor also that the cost of materials and living differ from place to place. A single door I can make with #20,000 costs above #35,000 in Lagos.

Having said the above, I regret any inconveniency it causes this forum and its established guidelines. Enjoy the new year