Role Quantity Surveyors and Billing Engineers in Construction

ROLE OF QUANTITY SURVEYERS & BILLING ENGINEERS IN CONSTRUCTION

Quantity survey is a very Important subject of Civil Engineering. It includes taking of quantity as per drawings, Preparation of estimates, billing, Rate analysis & costing. Quantity surveying is important in pre & post tendering also.  Quantity surveyor is professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction cost and contract.

With the ever-raising prices, large size of projects, tight work schedules and more competitive rates, quantity surveying and contract management has emerged as a professional function in construction and civil works projects in India.

This is a function that combines quantities taking off, working out cost improved system of tendering and contractual arrangements, cost planning and efficient contract management.

The service provided by quantity surveyor includes:

• Cost planning and commercial management during the entire life cycle of the project from inception to complete.
• Value Engineering 
• Risk Management
• Procurement Management and Assistance during the tendering procedure.
• Commercial Management and contract Administration
• QS are called as cost Engineer

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Timely submission of client bills along with all documents as agreed Upon.
• Identification of sources of material and execution 
• Interaction with client and consultant for approval
• Materials, manpower and machinery utilization through effective co-ordination with sub-contractor and suppliers.
• Materials Reconciliation
• Review sub-contractor bills/invoices and certify
• Responsible for billing for the site as well as oversee sub-contractor billing and Reconciliation
• Planning and monitoring of project work at site
• Planned Vs Actual – S curve
• Claims

INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE

Finance and Account:

• Statement of submitted bill Vs certified bill
• Statement of certified bill Vs sub-contractors’ bills
• Cash flow month wise
• BCTC - Balance Cost To Complete
• Review of turn over booked 

In charge execution and construction:

• Quantity execution plan
• Day to day measurement
• Reconciliation of materials
• Specification of materials
• Details of rate analysis
• Dispute regarding measurement
• Interface Measurement 

EXTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE

• Client
• Certification of measurement/payment
• Certification of reconciliation of client issue materials- free or chargeable
• Certification of claims
• Approval of Non BOQ items rates
• Approval of variation quantities
• Approval Escalation bill
• Consultant
• Certification of measurement
• Certification of claims
• Approval of Non BOQ items rates
• Approval of variation quantities
• Certification of reconciliation of materials

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITY

• Revenue Centre
• Responsible for cash inflow 
• Responsible for implementing the obligation under the contract
• Responsible for realization of extra contractual, quantum merit and ex-gratia claims
• Must have command on BOQ, Specifications, scope of work and other Contract clauses
• Must be good enough in public relation to achieve translations of information from all compartment of project
• Must have excellent cordial relation with Contractor/ Owner.
• Ability to convincing power command in bill processing 

To sum up, to complete estimation analysis of any project there is a great importance of quantity surveying. A quantity surveyor will analyse the quantities, measurements, and cost of material all together with cost of labours and the machineries required for the execution of a project.

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