Ramsey Othman
Ramsey is a consultant in our commercial team. He partners freelance Quantity Surveyors with leading facilities management, housing maintenance and M&E service providers.
The construction industry has suffered since the pandemic, for example residential buildings have slowed down and the cost of materials has risen due to pressures on supply chain.
With inflation on the rise, now’s the time to keep costs tight, so now’s the time to be hiring a quantity surveyor to ensure you keep costs low. In the past decade the demand has risen for quantity surveyors and the amount employed has increased by over 10,000.
What does a quantity surveyor do?
They help with the logistics of a project, supporting your employees and most importantly, prevent any hiccups with fine details. They’ll be able to give you accurate cost estimates so you can better manage the finances of a project without any surprises (they’re your guardian angel). If this isn’t enough reasons, they’ll also help you by reducing the costs of the project all together.
Staying within budget rarely happens if you don’t have the right planning in place. Especially if you don’t have a quantity surveyor on board.
Why should you hire a quantity surveyor:
- They’ll keep your expenses low but without compromising on quality.
- You can have assurance that your projects will be kept within budget.
- When a project does need to go over budget a QS can let you know as early as possible, you can then communicate this to your client to ensure there isn’t a relationship breakdown.
- Your employees can concentrate on what they do best which means that their tasks can be completed rather than having to focus on other jobs, this means that you will be optimising your staff members and not having to stress about things not being done efficiently.
- Delivering to a higher standard, you’ll know that the budget details are being taken care of.
if you don't consider, this might happen...
- You may incur costs that you weren’t prepared for.
- Your employees may miss out on the important details that a QS is trained to know, leading to additional work.
- You could end up having poor communication with your client which could lead to a client relationship breakdown.
Hiring a QS can reduce costs so much that they end up paying for themselves.
What about hiring A quantity surveyor on an interim basis?
Quantity Surveyor’s often work on specific projects and one of the most cost-effective ways of having that skillset in the business is by hiring on an interim basis. If you find someone who is a really great culture fit for your business, this could lead to a potential long-term employee as many interim QS’s are open to taking the leap.
- Quicker turnaround rather than waiting months to go through a recruitment process
- Additional support during busy periods
- Absence cover
- Offer additional skills and expertise
- More cost effective
Hiring a Quantity Surveyor on an interim basis means they can efficiently help support projects without the commitment of a fulltime employee.
Loads of FM companies are taking on more project work now, a Quantity Surveyor may not have been a consideration before but to deliver top quality and cost-effective projects, can you really afford to not hire a Quantity Surveyor?
Hiring a Quantity Surveyor on an interim basis means they can efficiently help support projects without the commitment of a fulltime employee.
Loads of FM companies are taking on more project work now, a Quantity Surveyor may not have been a consideration before but to deliver top quality and cost-effective projects, can you really afford to not hire a Quantity Surveyor?
