Our approach to Professional/ Practice Quantity Surveying (also known as a PQS) is to manage the costs and legal processes of the building project on behalf of the project owner. Part of the PQS role is to prepare cost plans, forecasts, cash flow projections and statements of expenditure as well as contractual documentation. In most cases, initial, interim and final account payments are calculated for the contractor and are based on the work satisfactorily completed at the valuation date. This is usually done with reference to the original priced document (bill of quantities, schedule of rates, schedule of works or priced specification). Interim payments can also take account of agreed changes (variations).
Typically PQS duties are categorised in 2 stages; Pre-Contract and PostContract, both have different services. Depending on the stage your project is at, we can be engaged for Pre and Post separately, or both. We can provide:
