WHP quantity surveyors manage all costs relating to building projects, from the initial calculations to the final figures. WHP seek to minimise the costs of a project looking for value engineering options and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality.
Typical tasks may include:
- Managing costs on a wide variety of new building projects and structures, such as residential developments, schools, hospitals, offices and factories.
- Undertaking costs analysis for repair and maintenance project work
- Assisting in establishing a client’s requirements and undertaking feasibility studies
- Performing risk and value management and cost control
- Advising on procurement strategy
- Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities
- Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks
- Preparing and analysing costings for tenders
- Providing advice on contractual claims
- Analysing outcomes and writing detailed progress reports
- Valuing completed work and arranging payments
Areas requiring more specialised knowledge include:
- Offering advice on property taxation
- Providing post-occupancy advice, facilities management services and life cycle costing advice; assisting clients in locating and accessing additional and alternative sources of funds
- Enabling clients to initiate construction projects
- Advising on the maintenance costs of specific buildings
