Our Services

With experience in cost management of projects and professional industry practices, our consultants understand technical, business, regulatory and legal matters, allowing them to identify key issues quickly and find the best solutions for our clients. Our clients hire us to ensure that every aspect of their capital program or project is properly governed, well-executed and fully supported from beginning to end.

As Quantity Surveyors we are recognized professionals within the construction industry acting as cost advisers and value consultants. We are in the position to provide initial cost advice and feasibility studies which are crucial during the project’s inception stage.

We recognize the overall importance of providing realistic cost advice and information that will benefit the client and contribute to the overall success of the proposed project.

SC Quantity Surveyors can provide a full system of budget estimating and cost planning in order to control expenditure, ensure that the client receives better value-for-money in both design & construction, and that the project cost is kept within the agreed budget. We will prepare an initial budget cost which is established by reference to cost data from previous projects.

We use Vector Quantity Surveying & Estimating software suite for the preparation of Feasibility Estimates and Cost Planning to meet our clients’ requirements.

In providing budget estimating and cost planning for our clients several benefits can be achieved:

• The tender sum is more likely to equate with the approximate estimate
• Greater satisfaction with end results
• Improved building quality and performance
• Budget and value accountability
• There is less possibility of addendum bills of quantities being required
• Cost-effectiveness and a value-for-money design are more likely to be achieved
• A balanced distribution of expenditure among the various parts or elements of the building is likely to produce a more rational design
• Cost considerations are more likely to be taken into account because of the greater involvement of the Quantity Surveyor during the design process
• The amount of pre-tender analysis by the architect and quantity surveyor should enable more decisions to be taken earlier, resulting in a smoother running of the project on site
• Early identification of high-cost elements
• Cost planning provides a basis for comparing different project

Effective cost planning will help to ensure that, once a realistic estimate is agreed between the parties, everything that follows is in accordance with it, from the successful contractor’s tender to the final project cost. Constant monitoring means that the risk of overspending can be seen at an early stage and prompt action taken.

Apart from providing a full system of budget estimating and cost planning, as quantity surveyors we can assist the architect with comparative costs for alternative systems of construction or finishings. This may involve, for example, comparing different plan shapes in terms of cost, or external cladding. As quantity surveyors we can also advise on the total cost implications of particular methods of construction