QUANTITY SURVEYING / COST MANAGEMENT
The cost manager/quantity surveyor plays a pivotal role in the financial and contract management of construction projects by providing accurate estimations of construction costs. Budgetary and detailed cost estimates are developed in accordance with client’s protocols. A cost manager/quantity surveyor consultancy role can rage from cost and advisory services for budget setting to initiate a project, cost management through the design and construction phases, contract administration and acting as the client’s side project manager to oversee the entire building process.
Top Management’s estimating services include:
- Preparation of conceptual, initial budgets and pre-bid estimates
- Quantity take-offs
- Project/program budgets’ preparation
- Cash flow modeling and trending
- Value engineering cost estimates
- Value and construction cost analysis
- Bid analysis and bid checks
- Progress payment assessments
- Change order estimates and checks
- Cost to complete determination/analysis
- Check estimates
- Quantification for claims preparation