Construction Magazine August 2018 | Page 26

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26 service , that almost mimics what used to be seen in the British market when I started my career there in the mid-1980s .
“ Although catching up fast and introducing many of more recent approaches from other more developed international markets , we do lag behind them in many jurisdictions where the infrastructure is not as well developed and the majority of work is still executed in a highly traditional manner ; the client ’ s team completing full design before going to a hard money tender to builders . However , especially in the complex and mega projects , there are more clients now with the appetite to finish extremely quickly , adopting fast track methods for those who can accept both alternative systems and a different risk profile . But the project still needs to be delivered to budget .”
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A typical opportunity for potential disagreement between contractors and professional quantity surveyors has been the quantification . Ask several people to measure the same major project , you will inevitably end up with differing opinions on the quantities for individual components . However , if you can get reliable and meaningful quantities
AUGUST 2018