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QS – Cost Or Investment?
“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...
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Costing Time Spent
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...
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The True Cost of Pricing Jobs
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...
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Internal QS vs Outsourced QS
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...
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Matchy Matchy… Builders Road Map
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...
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Don’t chop your margin!!!
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...
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Words of wisdom from Jamie – using labour constants
“Being a Better Business Through Labour Constants” I am sure you have heard of labour constants and their relevance to your take off. It...
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Think Twice Before Giving A Price
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...
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How to get the most of the money you spend on a QS – the Handover – Wisdom from Clare
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...
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What is a Schedule of Quantities and Why is it so Important
A Schedule of what? Okay – Probably something you’ve heard of and tried to avoid… Or attempted and perhaps not your area of expertise....
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Quoting Tips and Tricks
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….....
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Managing Gen Y Onsite
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...
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Quoting Jobs is like going on Tinder
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...
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
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...
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Elemental Pricing – Benefits and Pitfalls
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...
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Margin – how much should you charge?
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...
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Provisional Sums VS PC Sums
Knowing the difference Confusion often arises when deciphering the difference between a Provisional Sum, and a Prime Cost Sum (PC Sum)....
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The Best Builder Sales Stories…..
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...
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Pricing Earthworks – all you need to know!
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...
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Offsite and Onsite Overheads
how to charge for offsite & onsite overheads Everyone knows a house is made of bricks and sticks and labour… in round figures. But when...
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