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A friend of mine asked me recently ‘when you are doing a building project how do you keep to budget?’ I thought that was an interesting question – and one with a lot of potential answers.

Like all good quantity surveyors I will preach about having a good contingency figure within your budget. The con...
09.08.22 06:45 PM - Comment(s)
If you are in the lucky position where you were going to spend over £100,000 on a new car then you will probably be shopping for a premium model (probably German), built in a clean modern factory by a trained workforce who are well supervised and highly motivated. Your new car will be backed by a wa...
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As a quantity surveyor, I am often asked why projects cost more than a client expected. When I have looked into these projects, it is often quite clear to me why – clients have started work too quickly in their enthusiasm to get their house transformed into something that they have dreamed of.

When y...
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