QS/Estimating Services

Slimslim

Hi All,

I’m looking to test the waters slightly and see what the demand is for part-time quantity surveying/estimating for Sub-Contractors and small main contractors.

To give some background I’m a QS currently working in the South East with 8 years of experience working within residential development, commercial fit-out and residential refurbishment. With a view to set up a business offering quantity surveying and estimating services in the near future. I’m also looking at undertaking training in Construction Adjudication next year to potential offer services in Payment Disputes and Adjudication proceedings.

Some of the things that I’m interested in knowing are as follows;

• Experiences using these services.
• Experiences providing these services.
• Requirements (I.E How often would you use them, etc…)
• Remote Working with occasional FtF meetings or Office/Site Based?

Any feedback would be most appreciated!

Thank you.



(Apologies if this is in the wrong board! Admins please move if that's the case.)

Mistral001

These services are provided by many QS's. I thus have to assume that you are either a young graduate QS with not much experience as yet as a practicing QS, or still at college. If that is the case, then I would suggest you get experience where you can learn from others. When you set up on your own you do not have many people around your to learn from as all the practicing QS's you come across then will be your competitors.