Start with big words One of my favourite builders spoke to Paul today and asked a bloody good question, How do I convince my clients that...

1. Each job can have some key measurements which you can then use as a filter to check whether the rest of your measurements make sense....

3 Ways To deal with constant requests to help with a ‘quick question’ You’re a tradie who has spent years learning your trade. You want...

“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 Several moons ago, my team were working on some pricing for an earthquake damaged home on behalf of a homeowner who needed...

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...

Blow-By-Blow Just because I like lists… I thought I’d give you guys my ultimate blow by blow of putting together a fixed price quote….....

Fixed Price Quoting In an effort to help consolidate all this info I fire at you, I thought I’d throw out there a blow by blow on Fixed...

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...

Case Study Almost a decade ago, we were in the throes of pricing work for those very first repairs undertaken by EQC after the Canterbury...