Own The Build

Question Time: Your Construction and QS Challenges Answered (EP 200.1)


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In our first-ever listener-driven Question Time episode, Paul Heming and Chris Barber tackle your most pressing questions on Quantity Surveying, contract management, variations, and lessons learned.

📅 Reminder: We’ll be hosting this Q&A episode once a month – send your questions to [email protected] to have them featured!


What You’ll Learn:

🔹 What Makes a Great QS?
What skills are essential for a good QS, and how have employer expectations evolved with advances in technology?

🔹 Managing Design-Based Variations
How do you manage and verify variations when design-based works don’t produce visible on-site outputs? What strategies ensure transparency, accountability, and budget control?

🔹 Would You Still Be a QS?
If you could start your career again, would you still choose Quantity Surveying? What would you do differently knowing what you know now?

🔹 Terms and Conditions – Which Take Precedence?
If a supplier’s quote includes their terms, but the client accepts it with a purchase order including their own terms, which terms take precedence? How can this be clarified to avoid disputes?

🔹 Creating Robust Scopes of Work
How do you create a robust scope of works that carries contractual weight and protects against disputes?

🔹 The Risks of No Signed Subcontract
What are the risks of allowing subcontractors to start work without a signed subcontract? Have you seen this go wrong, and what lessons can we learn from such situations?

🎉 Exclusive Giveaway
To celebrate 200 episodes, download your free eBooks:

  • Mastering Your Career in Quantity Surveying
  • The AI Revolution in Quantity Surveying

Download them here - Free eBook Downloads.

📩 Have a question for Question Time? Email [email protected] 



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