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Process of development from the receipt of drawings through to the production of the priced Bill of Quantities

Rob • 20 August 2021

From receiving a client's project drawing package through to a fully priced Bill of Quantities, EngSurv (UK) Ltd uses up-to-date, innovative software coupled with over 30 years of experience to deliver a complete package of estimating, quantity surveying, and contract management services.

Electronic Take-off
Our up-to-date estimating software enables us to perform quantity take-offs from PDF, CAD and image files.


Earthworks & Trench Calculations

With our Earthwork's software we can import existing and proposed drawings and demonstrate in 3D, how the site currently looks and how you want the site to look after all earthworks are complete. With MudShark’s advanced solid modelling engine to perform simulations of the earthworks. The end result is a richly visual and very precise representation of all your cut and fill, stripping re-spread and structure foundations.


Client Issued Schedule of Works / Bill of Quantities
Sometimes, rather than building our own Bill of Quantities, we have a client issued Schedule of Works or Bill of Quantities which we can import and integrate into our estimating and valuation software. We can then cross-check/verify the BoQ quantum by linking the data from the take-off and importing it into our pricing software.


Accuracy & Consistency 
We can price either from first principles using unlimited resource listing or use a predefined build-up, which is driven by the client's (contractor) raw cost data, i.e. labour and plant costs. Accuracy and consistency are critical to every successful tender, and our software packages allow us to do just this, be accurate and consistent.

by Rob 29 August 2021
Undertaking a site visit to be able to produce a final valuation for the groundworks subcontractor (Lee Sinclair Plant) on the redevelopment of the South Burgage Plots area adjacent to Haverfordwest Castle.
by Rob 23 August 2021
This manhole cover will need a hydraulic lift from the guys at DCWW, ... ... and I'm going to need to straighten my manhole lifter !!!
by Rob 23 August 2021
Sometimes it's necessary to work when lifting manhole covers will have the least impact on the traffic—another site investigation for an s104 application.
by Rob 20 August 2021
Needing to tidy up the office !!! I'm not putting up an existing pic, it would be like a scene from Hoarders SOS
by Rob 20 August 2021
A s104 (Section 104 of the Water Industry Act (1991)) agreement is a legal agreement between a developer and a water company, where the developer agrees to build sewers to an agreed standard, which the water company will then adopt. The agreement is usually signed at the early stages of the development and lasts for several years; until the water company is satisfied the network has been completed to their satisfaction.
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