Duties and Responsibilities of a Quantity Surveyor in cost management process

A quantity surveyor plays a vital role in a construction industry to provide initial and future costs of construction so that a total financial factors depending on that particular construction should be considered in very beginning. As the construction industry flourish more skilled roles are available, especially quantity surveyors are in huge demand. Quantity Surveyors are involved in all phases of construction such as feasibility, design, construction, extension, maintenance, and demolition.

Services provided by a quantity surveyor may include:

1. Cost planning
2. Preparing bill of quantities(BOQ)
3. Contracts negotiation
4. Monitoring the overall budget
5. Preparations regarding payment invoice and certification
6. Assessment of variations
7. Dispute resolution
8. Cost control
9. Value Engineering
10. Project management
11. Advice on contractual disputes

Professional duties of a Quantity Surveyor include:

Becoming a quantity surveyor is more than having relevant academic experience. A quantity surveyor must be an excellent communicator and must possess impressive numerical skills to handle the financial and mathematical demands of the role. Depending upon the continuous challenges that should be faced by a construction industry a quantity surveyor must demonstrate innovative approaches to solve that problem and should posses ability to neglect the various levels of construction industry. There is a need of quantity surveyors to move in to the upstream in the supply chain management for competitiveness.