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Future Role of the Quantity Surveyor

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Quantity Surveying Practice

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Abstract

The services that a quantity surveyor normally provides on a construction project have been described in some detail in earlier chapters and include the following:

  1. (1)

    preliminary cost advice;

  2. (2)

    cost planning;

  3. (3)

    advice on contract procedures and types of contract;

  4. (4)

    advice on methods of obtaining tenders;

  5. (5)

    advice on procedures for selecting contractors;

  6. (6)

    preparation of tendering documents;

  7. (7)

    adjudication and negotiation of tenders;

  8. (8)

    periodic financial statements;

  9. (9)

    valuation of work in progress for advance payments;

  10. (10)

    preparation and settlement of the final account; and

  11. (11)

    examination and settlement of claims.

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  1. Nottingham, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, MCIOB (Emeritus Professor of Trent Polytechnic, Consultant Chartered Quantity Surveyor)

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Seeley, I.H. (1984). Future Role of the Quantity Surveyor. In: Quantity Surveying Practice. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17599-4_10

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