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What is Quantity Surveying

A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts. Quantity surveyors play a key role, ensuring that development costs are appropriately and accurately managed

Quantity Surveying Assosiations

There are several Associations working locally and worldwide, to standardize Quantity Surveying methods and providing Quantity Surveying trainings to professionals. Please visit list of Associations on our website.

International Standards

ASTM international and ISO Standards are some of the firms proivding technical standards for Engineering works. Which specific Standard method will be applied for a project is normally based on cleint's requirement or consultant's suggestions.

Quantity Surveying E-Services

We introduce the E-Service tools system to calculate some of the basic Quantity Surveying calculations. In future more tools will be added which will surely help our Professionals at beginning level.

How to hire a Quantity Surveyor

A Quantity Surveyor is a key part of the construction process. Contact hiring firms or you can sk for recommendations and references from other persons or organizations that may have had similar projects. Our Jobs portal will be available soon.

Standard Method of Measurement - Pakistan

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The title of this document is PICC Standard Method of Measurement, First Edition (May, 2010), which is abbreviated to PICCSMM1. PICCSMM1 is intended to be utilized in conjunction with the General Conditions of Contract, PICC General Specifications or any other relevant provisions provided elsewhere in the Contract Documents.

The Works shall be itemized and described in Bill of Quantities in sufficient details to enables Bidders / Tenderers to price it adequately and the method of measurement shall be stated in the Preamble to the Bills of Quantities. The Preamble shall state the methods of measurement other than PICCSMM1, if any, which are adopted while preparing the Bill of Quantities and to be used for measurement of completed parts of Works. Such methods of measurement shall comprise those not covered by the PICCSMM1.

The objective of PICCSMM1 is to set forth the procedure according to which the Bills of quantities shall be prepared, priced and the quantities expressed and measured.


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