by Nzangi Muimi | Feb 28, 2023 | Cost Management
The traditional process of preparing bills of quantities can conveniently be broken down into two main processes. These are ‘taking off’ and ‘working up’. It officially starts when the quantity surveyor receives drawings from the architect and engineers and serialises...
by Nzangi Muimi | Apr 6, 2022 | Construction IT
Quantity Surveyors in Kenya have been left out of BIM according to research. Their fellows in the architecture and design professions are progressing way ahead of them and already reaping the benefits of BIM in their practice. This cannot continue if we want the...
by Nzangi Muimi | Jan 29, 2020 | Construction IT
Introduction Quantity Surveying is usually a client-led profession where the overall role of the Quantity Surveyor is to respond to the needs and requirements of the client. The line of the QS skills development is, therefore, largely relied on the ever-changing needs...
by quantbuild_ke | Oct 30, 2018 | Construction
According to Kirkham (2015), the Quantity Surveying profession can date its roots back to the rebuilding of London after the great fire in 1666. Prior to that, Seeley (1996) says that masons, carpenters and other craftsmen used to be paid per day, i.e. there was no...
