Measures, values and certifies construction work, and controls cost against budget through the life of a project.
Quantity surveyors measure and value construction work, control cost against budget and certify what contractors get paid. It is a commercially central role on any large project and one of the stronger civil specialisations in India, with additional demand from Gulf contractors who recruit Indian QSs heavily. The work suits people comfortable with drawings, measurement and negotiation, and RICS or equivalent credentials noticeably improve both pay and overseas mobility.
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Builds and maintains the project programme in Primavera or MS Project, and reports progress and delay against it.
Holds overall accountability for delivering a construction project to time, cost and quality.
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Search all Quantity Surveyor institutesGenerally yes at equivalent experience, because the role sits close to project commercial outcomes. The gap widens with recognised professional credentials.
Strongly. Gulf contractors and consultancies recruit Indian quantity surveyors consistently, and the measurement standards overlap substantially.
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Search Courses & Institutes for Quantity SurveyorMeasurement and take-off to standard method, rate analysis, and strong spreadsheet skills. Billing software knowledge helps but is secondary.
Automated take-off from BIM models already handles measurement where a reliable model exists, which removes the most repetitive part of the job. Rate judgement, variation negotiation and claims work depend on commercial reasoning that tools do not provide.