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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 2

 Completion of Project Brief.

 Application for detailed planning permission

Technical Design

 Preparation of technical design(s) and specifications, sufficient to co-ordinate
components and elements of the project and information for statutory

standards and construction safety.

2.6.5 Tender

Production Information
 Preparation of detailed information for construction

 This includes :-
- All working drawings – Architectural / structural / services etc.
- All schedules – door / window / drainage / reinforcement etc.

- Specifications – construction methods /
 Quantity Surveyor prepares the Bill of Quantities (BQ) by taking all the

material requirements off the working drawings.
 BQ consist lists of material, item by item, (all the materials and components
which are required to construct the project.)

 Application for statutory approvals.
 Once Building Regulations approval is obtained, a detailed cost estimate is

carried out.

Tender Documentation

 Preparing the various tender documents and checking to see if they any
special terms required by the client.

 Architect will select method of tendering to be used and produce all the
tender documents.

 When the project is approaching the tender stage, the different firms that may
be interested in constructing the project should be invited to tender

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