Quantity Surveying

........For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, saying, “This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish...... Luke, Chapter 14 v.28-30

Not a lot has changed since Luke offered his prophetic words and WWA recognise that the principal measure of any construction project's success is its ability to deliver value for money and be completed within the budgets established by those who commissioned, or funded it in the first instance.

The science of Quantity Surveying is embodied in cost, value and risk management; each having a mutual dependency on the other and each requiring a sophisticated professional understanding of how they may impact in any given situation.

WWA adopt an approach based upon our extensive experience in the field, the use of the latest technology linked to an extensive database of historical information, progressive up to date training and a detailed commercial knowledge of the marketplaces in which we and our clients operate.

As independent Chartered Quantity Surveyors, WWA offers its clients a complementary suite of total cost management services from inception to completion on all types of construction, refurbishment and regeneration projects.

Roles:

• Traditional Contracts
• Design & Build Contracts
• Partnered Contracts
• Negotiated Contracts
• Management Contracts
• Funder’s monitoring

Deliverables:

• Funding advice
• Development appraisals
• Feasibility studies
• Estimating & Cost Planning
• Cost Management & Control Change management
• Life cycle costing
• Value engineering
• Value & Risk Management
• Procurement strategy & advice
• Contract strategy & advice
• Bills of Quantities, including M&E measurement
• Pre & post contract administration
• Capital allowances