Quantity surveyor

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge on construction costs and contracts. Qualified professional quantity surveyors can be known as Chartered Surveyors (Members and Fellows of RICS) in the UK and Certified Quantity Surveyors (a designation of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors) in Australia and other countries. In some countries such as Canada, South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius, qualified quantity surveyors are known as Professional Quantity Surveyors, a title protected by law. Due to a shift in the Construction industry and the increased demand for Quantity Surveying expertise, today less importance is being placed on Charterships, with a large % of working Quantity Surveyors practising with College / University degrees and without membership or fellowship to professional associations. Quantity surveyors are responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects...

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