Services

Quantity Surveying

Quantity Surveying and Cost Consultancy services are the core part of our business at McGowan Miller.

Control of costs, pre construction, during construction and at completion are important along with the actual design, costs can help determine the final design adopted at an early stage to allow better planning and selection of materials that are within budget. We are happy to discuss with any client’s the advantages of engaging a Quantity Surveyor on their project such as the certainty that they have received a competitive price, control of costs and contractual control of the contractor.

Quantity surveyors are the cost managers of construction. They are initially involved with the capital expenditure phase of a building or facility, which is the feasibility, design and construction phases, but they can also be involved with the extension, refurbishment, maintenance and demolition of a facility. The construction industry is global and extends across all real estate and infrastructure markets. Quantity surveyors work in all sectors of the construction industry worldwide. In real estate, this covers residential, commercial, industrial, leisure, agricultural and retail facilities. In infrastructure, it covers roads, railways, water ways, airports, seaports, coastal defences, power generation and utilities. Quantity surveyors must understand all aspects of construction over the whole life of a building or facility. They must have the ability to manage cost effectively, equating quality and value with individual client needs. As a quantity surveyor, you may be working as a consultant in private practice, for a developer or in the development arm of a major organisation (e.g. retailer, manufacturer, utility company or airport), for a public-sector body or for a loss adjuster.

Whilst the type of Quantity Surveying service we provide has evolved and changed over the years to meet the ever changing marketplace, we have not lost sight of our main target which is delivery of construction projects within the cost constraints agreed with our Clients and fellow design team members.
The list below highlight the various Quantity Surveying services which we can provide, any, or all, of which can be utilised depending on the client’s needs and type and scale of project:

  • Pre-construction Cost Planning
  • Procurement of the Project
  • Preparing and advised on the correct building contract.
  • Preparation of Tender Documentation
  • Contractor selection process
  • Receiving and Reporting on Tenders
  • Tender Negotiation
  • Interim Valuations to ensure only work completed on site is paid for
  • Financial Reporting and Full Cost Control
  • Agreement of Final Accounts
  • Contractual Claim Settlement
  • Preparing feasibility studies or development appraisals
  • Assessing capital and revenue expenditure over the whole life of a facility
  • Advising clients on ways of procuring the project
  • Advising on the setting of budgets
  • Monitoring design development against planned expenditure
  • Conducting value management and engineering exercises
  • Managing and analysing risk
  • Managing the tendering process
  • Preparing contractual documentation
  • Controlling cost during the construction process
  • Managing the commercial success of a project
  • Valuing construction work for interim payments, valuing change, assessing or compiling claims for loss and expense and agreeing final accounts
  • Negotiating with interested parties
  • Giving advice on the avoidance and settlement of disputes.
  • Insurance reinstatement valuations are another service quantity surveyors are best placed to provide, re building costs, demolition and professional fees.
  • Assistance with figures for funders.