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Other typical tasks for a quantity surveyor

  • Initial cost advice during the pre-contract stage including preparing approximate estimates
  • Costing planning information concerned with the development of a design
  • Preparing the necessary tender documents, critically examining the tenders and priced bill of quantities when lodged for tender
  • Valuing the work during the construction stage at required intervals
  • Recommending the amounts to be paid to the main contractors including assessment of any variations
  • Controlling costs during the construction stage
  • Outlining the economics of alternative methods of construction

You can download the quantity surveyor's documents (Word 63 KB) for a closer look.

There is more detail about what a quantity surveyor does on the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors website.