What is Quantity Surveying (QS)? |
The role of a Quantity Surveyor is to manage the costs relating to building projects. This may include new buildings, renovations or maintenance work. From early design costs to final figures, quantity surveyors minimizes the costs of the project and enhance value for money whilst ensuring that the project meets all legal and quality assurance requirements.
A quantity surveyor is responsible for:
- oConducting feasibility studies to estimate materials, time and labour costs.
- oPreparing, negotiating and analyzing costs for tenders and contracts.
- oCoordination of work effort.
- oAdvising on a range of legal and contractual issues.
- oValuing completed work and arranging for payments.
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Demand of QS |
Globally Quantity Surveying (QS) is an established profession but in India it is still in its nascent phase. With so much money coming in for real estate and infrastructure, the need of professionals who can judiciously manage money is more than ever. 97000 QS professionals are needed every year in India. Not only this, it opens path to be in the most powerful job roles like CEO, MD, etc.
A Quantity Surveyor can choose work with:-
- oConstruction firms and infrastructure contractors.
- oReal estate developers.
- oConsulting firms.
- oBanks and financial institutions.
- oPublic sector and government firms.
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The edge you get |
To become a quantity surveyor, an accredited degree or a professional qualification by the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is required. This is the first time in India, RICS along with Amity University is offering a profesional MBA degree in Construction Economics and Quantity Surveying.
To qualify for this degree you need to be either one of the following:
- oCivil engineer
- oMechanical engineer
- oElectrical engineer
- oArchitect
- oPlanner
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