Our quantity surveying team is experienced and equipped to provide advice in many construction-related fields. The following are the principal services rendered by our company’s’ quantity surveyors:

COST PLANNING
Cost planning is a specialist technique used by quantity surveyors that aim to help all the members of the construction team such as architects, engineering consultants, and interior specialists, to arrive jointly at practical designs for a project and stay within the budget. Effective cost planning will assist in ensuring that a realistic estimate is agreed to and everything that follows is in accord with it. Cost planning aids to improve economic standards and so encourages better value for money.

VALUE MANAGEMENT
Value management is the systematic approach our surveyors take to eliminating waste from a design or client’s brief, while at the same time retaining the safety and key functions of the project. The objective we seek to achieve in value
management is to deliver the projects’ functions to the required quality, affording the best value for the money expended. This does not necessarily mean at the lowest initial cost, but the highest value considering all factors impacting upon the project as a whole.

PRELIMINARY COST ADVICE
From the outset, our team will give practical advice on the likely cost of a project. Cost studies and advice on alternative design solutions, structural forms, choice of materials, construction sequence, and maintenance cost will also be prepared. This sets the foundation for the development of cost plans that align with the client’s project requirements.

CONTRACTUAL ADVICE
A contract is a legally binding document that clearly outlines the relationship between the client and the contractor. There are many forms of contracts within the construction industry and our team will ensure that the appropriate contract
is drafted to meet the needs of our client. Our Team can provide the most appropriate contractual advice to, corporations, developers, contractors, and subcontractors, for all types of civil engineering, building, and structural projects.

TENDERING
Azarius Construction Consultancy Services Ltd has the expertise, knowledge, and tools required in the selection of the “right" contractors and suppliers for any given project. We can recommend a suitable method of tendering to ensure that there is competitiveness so that value for money is achieved by our clients. Competitive tendering of one kind or another remains the usual basis for construction contracts, and bills of quantities are fundamental to this process. Bills of quantities translate the drawings, plans, and specifications produced by the designers into a document that enables a contractor to calculate his tender price fairly, on the same basis as his competitors. Where other tendering procedures are appropriate, the quantity surveyor will recommend alternatives. We offer the following services in this area:
 Contractor selection advice
 Preparation of tender and contract documentation
 Reviewing tender documents

VALUATION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
Contractors are paid according to the time stipulated in the contract whether monthly or weekly. The Quantity Surveyor will value the work carried out according to the timelines outlined in the contract for the project and submit a recommendation for payment. Once our team is committed to doing a job, it is guaranteed that we will stay with the project right to the settlement of the accounts, when all necessary adjustments are dealt with. We can also prepare any analysis of the final account which may be required.

PROCUREMENT METHODS
Our team’s experience enables us to ensure that the right procurement strategy is adopted by our clients for each unique project requirement. We also advise on the most appropriate procurement method for the project.

COST CONTROL & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Cost control is one of the most important processes in any capital project. The basic objectives are to give the client the best value for money, achieve the required balance of expenditure between the various parts of the project, and keep
the final expenditure within the client’s approved budget. In practice, the process of cost control embraces a range of professional activities such as cost analyses of previous projects, cost planning/estimating, cost studies of various constructional options, cost checking during the design stage, cost reconciliation during the tendering stage, and cost monitoring during the construction stage. The cost estimates and financial reports produced form an important aspect of the financial management of capital projects. These periodic financial reports enable clients to anticipate and control their future financial commitments.