“Why should I use a QS when I can price my own jobs for free?” Let’s get something straight – I am not a QS however, I do manage a team...

Many moons ago, I was chatting with a business coach and he gave me some awesome advice. He showed me what it looked like on a chart when...

Adding up the personal cost I’m the first person to squint a bit at the thought of using an external advisor and paying for their...

Five parts to make a skilled QS Quantity Surveying is a funny old industry. I think the reason for this is that it stretches so far...

Builder/QS partnership …. Its so much more than just a price Some people think that making a successful profit on a job just comes down...

It’s not a bargaining chip! Why is it that every time I hear a builder trying to make the budget of a project work for the client, the...

“Being a Better Business Through Labour Constants” I am sure you have heard of labour constants and their relevance to your take off. It...

Case study I had a visit from a builder once up to the office. He carried with him a scroll of plans and he looked a bit flustered. He...

Getting all the benefit from the transaction When you have sent a job to our QS team, and paid for them to do a full take off (measure...

A Schedule of what? Okay – Probably something you’ve heard of and tried to avoid… Or attempted and perhaps not your area of expertise....

I inwardly cringe when I hear of a home owner who is comparing building quotes and all they are looking at is the number at the bottom….....

Mmmm. Young people. Now you know I’m broad brushing here….. not all young people are as I’m going to describe….. but you know you would...

Full disclosure – I told my builder I was going to write about his comment because it was HILARIOUS. I was yakking to my builders the...

Case Study I remember back in the day when I had started at my first job in a commercial office, the first thing I had to do was measure...

Hey I was checking a builders work the other day and I realized something – HEAPS of you price elementally when you are working on jobs...

Recap on Margin vs markup We've talked about margin before… and we want to talk to you about it again. You know from reading earlier...

Knowing the difference Confusion often arises when deciphering the difference between a Provisional Sum, and a Prime Cost Sum (PC Sum)....

Three Top Examples Of How Some of our Builders Manage Expectations And Cost. So, you guys go and learn how to be a builder, you learn how...

Pricing earthworks is such a skill, the general approach is to use a provisional sum, basically because none of us own a set of x-ray...

how to charge for offsite & onsite overheads Everyone knows a house is made of bricks and sticks and labour… in round figures. But when...