AVENUE OF WORK FOR A CIVIL ENGINEER

‘WORKING AS A QUANTITY SURVEYOR’

PRESENTATION BY AXAY PANCHAL

 DEFINITION OF A QUANTITY SURVEYOR

►A Quantity Surveyor is a technical professional, who

scrutinizes drawings; works out quantities of different
items of work from drawings issued by architect and
other consultants for a construction project;
establishes their cost; prepares Bills of Quantities,
other biddings and contract documents; arranges for
their bids and review; advises on selection of
contractor; negotiates and settles with Contractor the
cost of variations; checks applications for payment
and prepares valuation; and settles construction
accounts.
 WORKS CARRIED BY A Q.S. WORKING FOR A
CONTRACTING FIRM
► Calculating quantities of
different items of work from
drawings issued by architect
and other consultants.
► Preparing Monthly Interim
Payment Application.
► Working out value of variations
for any increase or omission in
Contract Price.
► Certifying bills of Domestic and
Nominated Sub-contractors for
works executed.
► Preparing revised Cash Flow
Charts at the end of month.
► Preparing statement of
Permanent Works completed at
the end of month for Financial
Review Meeting.
► Preparing data sheet of Cost to
Complete at the end of every
three months.
► Submission of Request for
Information (RFI’s) to Engineer in
case of discrepancies in
drawings.
► Written communication with
Employer’s Engineer/ Sub-
contractors for matter related to
Agreement or quantities of work.
 CONTENTS OF MONTHLY INTERIM PAYMENT
APPLICATION ( IPA )

► Name and location of Project.

► Name of Engineer & Contractor.
► Interim Payment Application No. & date.
► Work Done and Material at Site as on (date).
► Time for Completion of Project.
► Commencement & Completion dates of Contract.
► Extension of time if any, with Completion date.
► Revised Completion date & Actual Completion date.
► Contract Price / Revised Contract Price.
► Performance Guarantee Amount & expiry date.
 CONTENTS OF MONTHLY INTERIM PAYMENT
APPLICATION ( IPA )

► Advance Payment for Main Works ► Provisional Sum adjustments

and Provisional Sums. for any part of the work
► Value for work done till month end. executed and included in
► Material at site for month end. Contract under “Provisional
► Variations due to increase or Sum”.
decrease in the quantity of work ► Deduction for Retention Money.
included in the Contract.
► Deduction for Advance
► Varied work executed on Daywork
basis. Payment.
► Claims for any additional payment ► Deduction for Previous Payment
pursuant to any clause of Conditions Certificate.
of Contract. ► Deduction for Overtime of
Engineer / Site Inspector.
► Percentage Calculation for
Running Cost.
 SUMMARY FOR VALUE OF WORK DONE
(APPENDIX ‘A’)

► Description of Works such as Preliminaries, Site, Concrete,

Masonary, Metal, Thermal & Moisture Protection, Doors &
Windows etc.
► Tender Amount for each individual item of works.
► Gross Contractual Value including Gross Claim for present
month, Gross Claim for previous month and Net Claim for
present month for different items of work.
► Cumulative percentage of work done for present month,
cumulative percentage of work done for previous month and
net percentage of work done for present month for different
items of work.