Quantity Surveyor duties and responsibilities:
- Meeting clients to determine their needs and discuss any areas that need revising for price or feasibility
- Calculating material quantities and costs, labour costs and an achievable project timeframe
- Negotiating labour contracts and schedules
- Advising clients and crew on legal matters and disputes
- Monitoring subcontractors, safety practices, construction progress and material needs, including any changes which may impact costs
- Preparing labour and supplier accounts for payment
- Writing reports detailing costs and progress for clients
- tracking changes to the design and/or construction work and adjusting budget projections in line with these.
- selecting and/or sourcing construction materials.
- measuring and valuing the work done on site.
- liaising with the client and other construction professionals, such as site managers, project managers and site engineers.
