- Cost estimating
-Preparation of preliminary cost estimate and measurement of constructon works prior to tender in the very early stages of the formulation of a building project.
- Cost advice
-Giving cost advice and information during all stages of the development of a project to assure full awareness of financial implications of the project.
-Giving advice on alternative materials and components and types of construction and the financial aspects of contracts and assiting with feasibility studies.
- Cost Planning
-Cost planning and value analysis during the design stage of a project to ensure that client obtains value for money where the costs are distributed in most realistic way throughtout the various sections or elements of the building not olny with regard to the capital cost but also in respect of the running and maintenance cost of a project and that the tender figure is kept within the client's budget.
-Cost planning enables decisions on various design alternatives to be made with actual costs being constantly monitored against original budgets.
- Property development advice
-A building should meet the functional dimensional and technological requirement for which it was designed , should be aesthetically pleasing and meet the cost limits of the client's budget.
-A quantity surveyor is able to provide pre-design feasibility studies involving technical and/or economic investigations thereby enabling a client to decide whether , and in what form , to proceed.
- Advice on tendering procedures and contractual arrangement
-The choice of an appropriate form of contract for any given project will depend on the nature of the project , the circumstances under which the work is to be carried out and the particular needs of the client.
-Quantity Surveyor , in collaboration with architects are able to advise the client on the most advantages procurement method available , including : contracts incorporating bulls of quantity , provisional bills of quantities and schedules of rates.
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